Ecdysis vs. Molt — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ecdysis and Molt
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Ecdysis
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.
Molt
To shed part or all of a coat or an outer covering, such as feathers, cuticle, or skin, which is then replaced by a new growth.
Ecdysis
The shedding of an outer integument or layer of skin, as by insects, crustaceans, and snakes; molting.
Molt
To shed or cast off (a bodily covering).
Ecdysis
The shedding of an outer layer of skin in snakes and certain other animals; moulting
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Molt
The act or process of molting.
Ecdysis
The shedding of an exoskeleton, as in insects and crustaceans.
Molt
The material cast off during molting.
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.
Molt
Standard spelling of moult
Ecdysis
Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
Molt
To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird.
Molt
To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.
Molt
The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.
Molt
Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
Molt
Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers;
Out dog sheds every Spring
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