How to pronounce ecdysis
American English pronunciation
EK-dih-sis
- IPA
- /ˈɛkdɪsɪs/
- Syllables
- EK · dih · sis (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What ecdysis means
The shedding of an outer skin or shell, as by insects
In a sentence: During ecdysis, the cicada slowly crawled out of its old brown shell.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Greek word for stripping off, from a verb meaning to take off.
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