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Ecdyses vs Ecdysis - What's the difference?

ecdyses | ecdysis |

As nouns the difference between ecdyses and ecdysis

is that ecdyses is plural of ecdysis while ecdysis is the shedding of an outer layer of skin in snakes and certain other animals; moulting.

ecdyses

English

Noun

(head)

    • ecdysis

    English

    Noun

    (ecdyses)
  • The shedding of an outer layer of skin in snakes and certain other animals; moulting
  • The shedding of an exoskeleton, as in insects and crustaceans.

    • Related terms

    * ecdysiast * ecdysone