Ecdysis



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 动物) 蜕皮, 换羽毛
• ［英］ n. ( 动物) 蜕皮, 换羽毛 ( the act of molting or shedding an outer cuticular layer)
• ［记］ 由该单词组成另一单词: ecdysiast ( 脱衣舞舞女)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural ecdyses)

• Etymology: New Latin, from Greek ekdysis act of getting out, from ekdyein to strip, from ex- + dyein to enter, don
• Date: circa 1854
• the act of molting or shedding an outer cuticular layer

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