Crossword-Solution: ECDYSIS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ecdysis | n. | The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation. |
We have 8 clues for the answer “ECDYSIS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Act of shedding a shell, as in insects and crustaceans. | 1 answer |
| Gypsy Rose Lee specialty | 1 answer |
| Molting | 1 answer |
| Molting, to biologists | 1 answer |
| Process of molting | 1 answer |
| Shedding of a skin | 1 answer |
| Skin shedding | 1 answer |
| shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer epidermal layer in reptiles | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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EATRE
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Sentences with ECDYSIS (5)
The last of these attributes to disappear is that of personality, and when this final ecdysis has been performed, the eject which remains is so unlike its original subject, that, as we shall immediately find, it is extremely difficult to trace any points of resemblance between them.
This method of ecdysis is, however, still further remarkable in that the old feathers do not drop out, to be succeeded by spine-like stumps which, later, split at the tip, liberating the barbs of the new feathers.
Siebold says "they form the transition from the Arachnoidæ to the Annelides."[26] Like the spiders they cast their skin; and, although I was not fortunate enough to witness this operation--called in the language of the learned _ecdysis_, which means putting its clothes off--I found an empty hide, which, making allowance for the comparative size of the creatures, looked tough and strong as that of a rhinoceros, and showed that the stripping process extended to the tips of the claws.
The 'Micrographic Dictionary' states that the Tardigrada lay but few eggs at a time, and these are "usually deposited during the ecdysis, the exuviæ serving as a protection to them during the process of hatching." Thus Mrs.
The growth of an insect is usually rapid, and as the cuticle does not share therein, it is from time to time cast off by moulting or ecdysis.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, NYT, WSJ.
Used 8 times in crossword archives (1949–2017).