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Definition of Ecdyses
1. ecdysis [n] - See also: ecdysis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ecdyses
Literary usage of Ecdyses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1893)
"White willow, white poplar, and sallow, produce, in most cases four ecdyses.
With white willow, however, I have occasionally found fiv ..."
2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1900)
"Without entering into a comparison between the gradual succession of ecdyses that
the Orthopteran nymph, as representing the ..."
3. A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1888)
"29), the Cockroach undergoes seven ecdyses : the first immediately on leaving
the egg, the second a month later. After the second ecdysis the insect sheds ..."
4. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"In the course of a series of ecdyses the various organs of the larval form ...
After a number of further ecdyses, which are completed in about six months ..."
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