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ecdysing

ecdysing is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about ecdysing

What is ecdysing the present participle and gerund of?
Ecdysing is the present participle and gerund of ecdyse.

Words near ecdysing in the dictionary

  1. ecdyses
  2. ecdysial
  3. ecdysiasm
  4. ecdysiast
  5. ecdysiasts
  6. ecdysing
  7. ecdysiophilia
  8. ecdysiotropic
  9. ecdysis
  10. ecdysises
  11. ecdysoid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ecdysing (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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