Associations to the word «Ecdysis»

Wiktionary

ECDYSIS, noun. The shedding of an outer layer of skin in snakes and certain other animals; moulting
ECDYSIS, noun. The shedding of an exoskeleton, as in insects and crustaceans.

Dictionary definition

ECDYSIS, noun. Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King