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| | Insect Physiology Online - Eclosion Hormone Abstracts |
 | | Prior to ecdysis to the pupal stage, pre- ecdysis behavior and its underlying motor pattern are markedly attenuated. | | | Developing insects repeatedly shed their cuticle by means of a stereotyped behavior called ecdysis, thought to be initiated by the brain peptide eclosion hormone. | | | Each molt culminates in ecdysis behavior, during which the old cuticle is shed. |
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http://lamar.colostate.edu/~insects/systems/endocrinology/references/eclosion/ipref_ecolsion2.htm
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| | Neuroethology: Ecdysis in Manduca Sexta |
| | Ecdysis behavior is characterised by a distinctly different motor pattern than that which is demonstrated during pre-ecdysis behavior. | | | Due to their latter attributes, hornworms have been viewed as a particularly appealing system to researchers interested in neuroethological topics such as ecdysis behavior. | | | This lasts from 60 to 80 min, occurs approximately 1.5 hours prior to ecdysis and is known as pre-ecdysis behavior. |
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http://soma.npa.uiuc.edu/courses/physl490b/models/manduca_ecdysis/ecdysis.html
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| | John Ewer - Research |
| | Thus, ecdysis behavior is a good model system for understanding how behavior is coordinated with development, how neuropeptides and neurohormones regulate behavior, and how the circadian (biological) clock causes behaviors to be express a circadian rhythmicity. | | | The long-term goal of this work is to understand how ecdysis behavior is triggered, and how its timing is coordinated with development and circadian rhythmicity. | | | Most of our work is carried out using Drosophila, taking advantage of the genetic and molecular tools available in this organism to identify components involved in the control of ecdysis behavior, and determine their role in vivo. |
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http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Faculty_Staff/Ewer/research.html
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| | the SPIRAL BURROW - Feature Article |
| | Some scorpions such as the Urodacus genera tend to shed their old skin once a year at about the same time, in response to seasonal changes and food availability. | | | The remaining flexible membranes between sections is to allow for the articulated movement of the various body parts. | | | This is a vulnerable period normally spent within closed quarters to keep out potential predators and also maintain the correct climatic conditions. |
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http://www.thedailylink.com/thespiralburrow/features/ecdysis.html
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| | IB 121(2) |
| | Ecdysis in scorpions: supine behavior and exuvial ultrastructure | | | Ecdysis in scorpions has some common features in all species in which it has been examined. | | | When humidity and other conditions are suitable, the animal begins ecdysis with cheliceral and pedipalpal movements and internal processes that tear the pleural membrane just ventral to the anterior and lateral edges of the carapace. |
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http://www.invertebratebiology.org/ib1212.php?action=1&artno=156
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| | John Ewer - Publications |
| | Neuroendocrine control of larval ecdysis behavior in Drosophila: complex regulation by partially redundant neuropeptides. | | | Husain, Q. M., and Ewer, J. Use of targetable gfp-tagged neuropeptide for visualizing neuropeptide release following execution of a behavior in Drosophila. | | | Ewer, J. Neuropeptide control of insect ecdysis behavior. |
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http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Faculty_Staff/Ewer/papers.html
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| | Moulting |
| | Moulting (or ecdysis) is the process by which the tarantula sheds its old exoskeleton (skin) and emerges in a new, larger one. | | | When the spider reaches the point of ecdysis it will become restless and add more and more silk to its moulting pad. | | | At various stages in a spiders development it must, in order to grow, go through several moults in its lifetime. |
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http://giantspiders.com/moulting.html
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| | e-Naturalist: Change for the Better |
| | Ecdysis in crayfish is completed in 4 basic stages: | | | The process of shedding the exoskeleton or skin is called ecdysis. | | | Many different animals go through the process of ecdysis - it's easier to observe than you may think. |
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http://www.enaturalist.org/topic.htm?topic_ID=45&mode=qr
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| | Moulting |
| | Ecdysis, as a stage, only lasts a few minutes. | | | Other decapods absorb most of their water by drinking, but this process has not been investigated for Penaeidae. | | | Since uptake of water determines the size until the next moult, this is the most important single physiological process at the end of the proecdysis and during ecdysis. |
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http://allserv.rug.ac.be/aquaculture/shrimp-cd/bio/moultb.htm
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| | Abstract: A conserved metalloprotease mediates ecdysis in <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> |
| | This pattern of protein accumulation places NAS-37 in the right place and at the right time to degrade the cuticle to facilitate ecdysis. | | | Abstract: A conserved metalloprotease mediates ecdysis in Caenorhabditis elegans | | | The NAS-37 protein accumulates in the anterior cuticle and is shed in the cuticle after ecdysis. |
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http://www.biology.utah.edu/jorgnsen_cgi_bin/publications?abstract=67&type=publications
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| | SICB - 2004 meeting - Abstract Details |
| | They are likely related to the large changes in whole animal water flux that occur just before and after ecdysis. | | | The functional consequences of these changes in gill phospholipid fatty acids are unclear and are currently under investigation. | | | In contrast, at the time of ecdysis the PC pool was characterized by high levels of saturates, which made up 40-50% of the total fatty acids in that pool. |
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http://www.sicb.org/meetings/2004/schedule/abstractdetails.php3?id=454
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| | Fuse |
| | Lee E, A Lange, I Orchard, M Fuse, SS Tobe, WG Bendena, BC Donly (2002) Characterization and baculovirus-directed expression of a myosuppressin encoding cDNA from the true armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta. | | | I have also identified an inhibitory input that may be a key element in timing ecdysis behaviors in many, if not all insects. | | | I study the neural regulation of a complex behavior; namely ecdysis, or the shedding of the outer cuticle, in insects. |
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http://www.sfsu.edu/~biology/pages/gpages/fuseg.html
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| | Arthropoda |
| | However, in 1997 that idea was challenged when Aguinaldo et al. | | | Another development has been the ecdysozoan concept, which hypothesises a clade of organisms sharing the characteristic of ecdysis, or molting, under the influence of ecdysteroid hormones. | | | Description: Bilaterally symmetrical, segmented animals with paired and usually jointed appendages on some or all of the body segments; body surrounded by a tough organic or organic-mineral cuticle which functions as an exoskeleton; growth is by molting (ecdysis), or molting, the process regulated by ecdysteroid hormones. |
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http://www.peripatus.gen.nz/Taxa/Arthropoda/Index.html
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| | Remember, that for the eclosion hormones to trigger ecdysis behaviors, the organism must first be exposed to the ecdysteroids. | | | The specialized ecdysis behaviors are very stereotyped and are triggered by a neuropeptide called eclosion hormone. | | | Evidence that the ecdysteroids released during the commitment peak induce wandering behavior came from experiments in which the prothoracic glands, which secrete the steroids, were surgically removed prior to the commitment peak. |
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http://soma.npa.uiuc.edu/labs/greenough/statements/rswain/hormones/042496.html
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| | Ecdysis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Ecdysis is the molting of the cuticula in arthropods and related groups (Ecdysozoa). | | | Often times this initial crack within the integumentary shell will be caused by an increase in blood pressure within the body (in combination with movement), forcing an expansion across its exoskeleton, leading to an eventual crack that allows for certain organisms such as spiders to extricate themselves from. | | | In preparation for ecdysis the arthropod will become inactive for a period of time, and then by crawling movements pushes forward in the old integument, which splits down the back allowing the animal to emerge. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecdysis
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| | Notes: The Crayfish, T. H. Huxley, 1879 |
| | Unless the gatroliths are normally developed and re-absorbed, ecdysis is not healthily effected, and the crayfish dies in the course of the process. | | | There is a good deal of discrepancy hetween different observers as to the frequency of the process of ecdysis in crayfishes. | | | In fact, the gastroliths are very similar to other hard parts of the exoskeleton in structure, except that the densest layers are nearest the epithelial substratum, instead of furthest away from it. |
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http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/thh/cn.htm
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| | Blattella germanica ecdysis |
| | This has resulted in many claims by novices of having discovered an albino cockroach. | | | This research contributed to his first published paper | | | During ecdysis (the shedding of an arthropod's old cuticle) a cockroach's new cuticle is creamy white. |
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http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/kunkel/bgmolt.html
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| | IAC-USNC Methods in Neuroscience- Manduca Sexta- ecdysis |
| | This larva is in most of the way through ecdysis. | | | In the video you will be able to see this larva make some initial ecdysis movements. | | | This is a late 5th instar larva (a prepupa) and has not begun to go through ecdysis. |
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http://www.iac-usnc.org/Methods/moth/ecdysis.html
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| | TRILOBITES |
| | These sutures were located between the cephalon and the thorax, between any two thorasic segements, between the thorax and the pygidium and within the cephalon itself. | | | Now that the ecdysis process was complete, the organism was now soft-shelled and could not move very much. | | | There are certain lines of weakness on the surface which look like cracks but which are known as sutures and actually aided the ecdysis process. |
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http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~u50ac2/geology/btm/trilobite.htm
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| | Bioline International Official Site (site up-dated regularly) |
| | After ecdysis, nymphs were maintained up to 37 days in the incubator and were used to infest two other dogs of approximately 60 days of age. | | | Although recovery of larvae was not registered in the present study, it was possible to observe that they were able to feed satisfactorily on the various types of hosts tested. | | | Contamination did not appear to affect ecdysis to adult, as more than 80% of the specimens were able to complete it. |
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http://www.bioline.org.br/request?oc02163
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| | Skeleton - TheBestLinks.com - Arthropod, Biology, Ecdysis, Ligament, ... |
| | During molting the arthrpod breaks down their old exoskeleton and then regenerates a new one which they then harden through various processes (such as calcification or sclerotization). | | | On the other hand, arthropods shed their exoskeletons to grow, a process known as molting (or ecdysis). | | | Skeleton - TheBestLinks.com - Arthropod, Biology, Ecdysis, Ligament,... |
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http://www.thebestlinks.com/Skeleton.html
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| | EPA - Endocrine Chemistry and Biology of Ecdysis-Triggering Hormones |
| | This unique endocrine systemprovides opportunities to study the hormonal regulation of development and behaviorfrom the molecular to the organismal level including information regarding theregulation of hormone synthesis, release and physiological action. | | | Description: Insect growth and development is associated with repeated shedding of the oldexoskeleton or cuticle in a process called ecdysis. | | | Furthermore,premature administration of ecdysis- triggering hormone to early stages of larvae andpupae is lethal, these hormones may prove to be of great commercial significance inthe biological control of insect pests. |
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http://www.epa.gov/edrlupvx/inventory/NSF-001.html
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| | GREATER NEW YORKOpens February |
| | Subject: Heuristic Ecdysis continues his "Life Contract" with P.S.1, a new annual series of events for which Tanaka has committed to return to P.S.1 each year for the duration of his life. | | | This rare series of solo performances is the first opportunity in many years to see Min Tanaka dance alone. | | | Special thanks to Warren Neisluchowski who has offered to be an audience member for each performance of Subject: Heuristic Ecdysis. |
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http://www.ps1.org/cut/press/Tanaka.html
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| | Insecta: Errata/FAQs |
| | Baby bugs must have at least one dexterity and one instinct, and may not eat until the following turn's ecdysis phase. | | | Any active mutant (not Hive bug) that does not move during a movement stage may eat one food in its hex at the end of that phase. | | | (11.4) Reproduction [addition] Mutants must have at least 5 dexterity and 5 instinct to reproduce, and may not do so in the same ecdysis phase they metamorphose to Instar 5. |
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http://www.fatmessiahgames.com/fmg/insecta/errata.html
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| | Department of Entomology |
| | - endocrinology of inse4ct ecdysis, chemistry and physiology of saliva of haematophagous arthropods | | | - physiology of insect development, endocrinology of ecdysis, physiology and molecular biology of ecdysis triggering hormone (ETH), immunohistochemistry of peptidergic hormones; | | | - physiology of ecdysis triggering hormone (ETH), endocrinology of insect development immunohistochemistry of peptidergic hormones |
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| | biotemp |
| | The term molting is used to refer to the entire cyclical process of preparing for, undergoing, and recovering from ecdysis. | | | For lobsters, molting is a continual process because lobsters show indeterminate growth; that is, they grow throughout their lives and therefore spend much of their time either preparing for or recovering from ecdysis. | | | This new exoskeleton is complete in every detail, with every spine, bump, hair, and pigment present. |
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http://www.lobsters.org/tlcbio/biology3.html
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| | Learn more about Animal in the online encyclopedia. |
| | There are various pseudocoelomate protostomes that are hard to classify because of their small size and reduced structure. | | | Traditionally the Arthropoda - the largest animal phylum including insects, spiders, crabs, and kin - and two small phyla closely related to it, the Onychophora and Tardigrada, have been considered close relatives of the Annelida on account of their common segmented body plan (the Articulata hypothesis). | | | This relationship is now in doubt, and it appears that instead they belong with various pseudocoeolomate worms - the Nematoda (roundworms), Nematomorpha (horsehair worms), Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, and Priapulida - which share with them ecdysis and several other characteristics. |
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http://www.onlineencyclopedia.org/a/an/animal.html
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| | SICB - 2004 meeting - Abstract Details |
| | Studies of the term embryos of Ameca splendens, excised from females and incubated at different osmotic and ionic conditions reveal that hyposmotic shock triggers ecdysis. | | | In hyposmotic saline, trophotaenial circulation ceases almost immediately and ecdysis occurs in a few hours, There is no evidence of a discrete apoptotic zone of autotomy. | | | The incidence of apoptosis is low and not localized. |
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http://www.sicb.org/meetings/2004/schedule/abstractdetails.php3?id=6
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| | Animal Planet :: Reptile Guide :: Snakes |
| | All reptiles shed their skins, referred to as ecdysis, in a manner that differs from species to species. | | | Snakes shed or "slough" their skins in one piece, including eye caps, as opposed to lizards who look like they are recovering from a bad case of sunburn during a shed. | | | As a result, malnutrition and humidity that is too high or too low for your particular species, as well as the presence of mites or skin bacteria, trauma, and too much handling can all result in your snake not shedding properly. |
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http://animal.discovery.com/guides/reptiles/snakes/shedding.html
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| | TWOTD is "ecdysis" - Got Apex? Forums |
| | during his ecdysis, overclocked changed his name to OC. | | | She tried to ecdysis them to buy her drinks with her sexy voice and body. | | | people at the craps table were getting impatient, "roll the ecdysis!" |
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http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67238
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| | Missionaries: Australia |
| | This process, known as ecdysis, is a fraught one. | | | If all limbs survive ecdysis, the crab finds itself for a time soft, vulnerable and quite delicious to several enemies. | | | Pulling limbs from the shell is a bit like pulling fingers from a glove-except that a crab's fingers are delicate and its claws wider than the basal joints of the limb. |
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http://www.globalministries.org/missionaries/eap2-l7.htm
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| | ecdysis - definition of ecdysis by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | ecdysis - periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles | | | The shedding of an outer integument or layer of skin, as by insects, crustaceans, and snakes; molting. |
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ecdysis
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| | RhymeZone |
| | Search for ecdysis at other dictionaries: OneLook, Answers.com, Merriam-Webster |
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http://www.rhymezone.com/r/d?u=ecdysis
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| | Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations |
| | Availability information may be found in the Availability, Publisher, Research Organization, Resource Relation and/or Author (affiliation information) fields and/or via the "Full-text Availability" link. | | | For a journal article, please see the Resource Relation field. | | | Energy Citations Database (ECD) Document #7130817 - Effects of mercury, cadmium, and lead salts on regeneration and ecdysis in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator |
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http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=7130817
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| | Illaenus revaliensis Holm, 1886 |
| | Remarks: Deformed cranidium damaged during ecdysis on the left side, frontodorsal view | | | Remarks: Deformed cranidium damaged during ecdysis on the left side, frontal view | | | Remarks: Deformed cranidium damaged during ecdysis on the left side, Dorsal view |
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| | Take It All Off!--How Snakes Shed Their Skin |
| | (That's why some exotic nightclub performers put the formal-sounding "ecdysiast" under the work experience column on their resumes--perhaps hoping to camouflage their true professions.) Joining snakes and other reptiles as natural practitioners of ecdysis are insects (e.g., cicadas that leave behind an amber-colored ghost of themselves, | | | The process by which animals shed scales and exoskeletons is known as "ecdysis," from a Greek word meaning "to strip off." | | | As the new scale matures, the eye again becomes transparent and a day or two later the skin is shed. |
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http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek020808.html
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| | Allwords.com Definition of ecdysis |
| | In animals with a rigid exoskeleton, such as insects and crustaceans: the act of shedding the exoskeleton so that growth can occur. | | | Your Query of 'ecdysis' Resulted in 1 Matches |
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| | MSN Encarta - Search Results - ecdysis |
| | Ecdysis, periodic shedding of the exoskeleton by insects and other arthropods to allow growth. | | | How well did we match your search term? | | | Prior to shedding, a new soft and expandable layer... |
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| | LING 215, Rice University: Word Journal Entries |
| | Blue crabs only undergo ecdysis once in their life cycle. | | | ecdysis /ek 'dy sis/, N. The process of molting or shedding an outer cuticular layer (as in insects and crustaceans) |
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| | out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation. |
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| | definition of ecdysis |
| | 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. | | | Act, An, As, Case, Casting, Coming, Cuticular, Ecdysis, Exuviation, From, In, Layer, Of, Off, Or, Out, Outer, Pupa, Shedding, Shell, The | | | Act, As, Case, Casting, Ecdysis, In, Layer, Or, Out, Pupa, Shell |
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| | Ecdysis Music CDs at Songsearch.com |
| | Try the new search options on the left navigation bar including the new Category / Genre search. | | | We have over a million items listed from all over the globe. | | | Ecdysis Music CDs, DVD Movies, Music Videos, Songs, and Song Titles |
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