What does ecdysis means?
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The process of shedding the old skin (in reptiles) or casting off the outer cuticle (in insects and other arthropods).
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Ecdysis is the moulting of the cuticle in many invertebrates of the clade Ecdysozoa. Since the cuticle of these animals typically forms a largely inelastic exoskeleton, it is shed during growth and a new, larger covering is formed. The remnants of the old, empty exoskeleton are called exuviae.
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