How do you use Ecdysis in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like molt or molting, plus the exact meaning.
Ecdysis in a sentence
Ecdysis meaning
- The stripping off of an outer layer of skin by snakes and certain other animals; typically in accommodation to growth or wear-and-tear.
- The shedding of an exoskeleton, as in insects and crustaceans.
Using Ecdysis
- The main meaning on this page is: The stripping off of an outer layer of skin by snakes and certain other animals; typically in accommodation to growth or wear-and-tear. | The shedding of an exoskeleton, as in insects and crustaceans.
- Useful related words include: molt, molting, moult, moulting.
- In the example corpus, ecdysis often appears in combinations such as: undergone ecdysis.
Context around Ecdysis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ecdysis
- In this selection, "ecdysis" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, undergone, once, exoskeleton, moulting and allows stand out and add context to how "ecdysis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include recently undergone ecdysis and compensate once ecdysis is complete. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ecdysis" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ecdysis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Growth is accomplished by periodic shedding of the exoskeleton ( ecdysis ). (10 words)
Ecdysis allows damaged tissue and missing limbs to be regenerated or substantially re-formed. (14 words)
A spider with a small abdomen may be undernourished but more probably has recently undergone ecdysis. (16 words)
The maturation of the structure and colouration of the new exoskeleton might take days or weeks in a long-lived insect; this can make it difficult to identify an individual if it has recently undergone ecdysis. (36 words)
Tavares & Martin, 2010, p. 135 Prawns eat less around the time of ecdysis (moulting), probably because of the softness of the mouthparts, and must eat more than usual to compensate, once ecdysis is complete. (34 words)
Not surprisingly, since males are generally smaller than females, the males of many species mature faster and do not undergo ecdysis as many times as the females before maturing. (29 words)
Example sentences (8)
Tavares & Martin, 2010, p. 135 Prawns eat less around the time of ecdysis (moulting), probably because of the softness of the mouthparts, and must eat more than usual to compensate, once ecdysis is complete.
A spider with a small abdomen may be undernourished but more probably has recently undergone ecdysis.
Ecdysis allows damaged tissue and missing limbs to be regenerated or substantially re-formed.
Growth is accomplished by periodic shedding of the exoskeleton ( ecdysis ).
Not surprisingly, since males are generally smaller than females, the males of many species mature faster and do not undergo ecdysis as many times as the females before maturing.
The maturation of the structure and colouration of the new exoskeleton might take days or weeks in a long-lived insect; this can make it difficult to identify an individual if it has recently undergone ecdysis.
The process of moulting in insects begins with the separation of the cuticle from the underlying epidermal cells (apolysis) and ends with the shedding of the old cuticle (ecdysis).
They underwent ecdysis in a similar manner to extant chelicerates, and most fossils are thought to be of exuviae, rather than cadavers.
Common combinations with ecdysis
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: