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ecdysed

ecdysed is the simple past and past participle of ecdyse.

Meaning of ecdyse

Verb

ecdyse (third-person singular simple present ecdyses, present participle ecdysing, simple past and past participle ecdysed)

  1. (intransitive) To undergo ecdysis.
  2. (intransitive) To shed an outer layer of skin, exoskeleton, or cuticle; to moult.
    Synonyms:
    exuviate, peel

Adjective

ecdysed (not comparable)

  1. Modified by ecdysis.

Questions about ecdysed

What does ecdysed mean?
Ecdysed means modified by ecdysis.
What is ecdysed the simple past and past participle of?
Ecdysed is the simple past and past participle of ecdyse.
What part of speech is ecdysed?
Ecdysed is an adjective.

Words near ecdysed in the dictionary

  1. ecdotic
  2. ecdotics
  3. ECDs
  4. ECDSA
  5. ecdyse
  6. ecdysed
  7. ecdyses
  8. ecdysial
  9. ecdysiasm
  10. ecdysiast
  11. ecdysiasts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ecdysed (page history and authors); ecdyse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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