ecdysis

Anlam (İngilizce)

1. (countable, uncountable) The stripping off of an outer layer of skin by snakes and certain other animals; typically in accommodation to growth or wear-and-tear; as distinct from the term "moulting", not in reference to the shedding of hair or feathers.
2. (countable, uncountable) The shedding of an exoskeleton, as in insects and crustaceans.

Kavramlar

değişmesi

tüy dökme

deri değiştirme

Eş anlamlılar

moulting

molting

moult

molt

exuviation

peeling

decrustation

decortication

Çeviriler

mue

muda

muta

ecdise

muda

Häutung

Ecdysis

Mauserung

ècdisi

muer

ecdysis

exuviation

Mue des arthropodes

έκδυση

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

From Ancient Greek ἔκδυσις (ékdusis, “stripping”), from ἐκδύω (ekdúō, “I take off”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + δύω (dúō, “I get in”).