Ecdin


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    Electronic Chart Display Information System

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    Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm

  • Ecdysiast

    [ek-diz-ee-ast, -ist] /ɛkˈdɪz iˌæst, -ɪst/ noun 1. (def 3). /ɛkˈdɪzɪˌæst/ noun 1. a facetious word for stripper (sense 1) n. H.L. Mencken’s invented proper word for “strip-tease artist,” 1940, from Greek ekdysis “a stripping or casting off” (used scientifically with reference to serpents shedding skin or crustacea molting), from ekdyein “to put off” (contrasted with […]

  • Ecdysis

    [ek-duh-sis] /ˈɛk də sɪs/ noun, plural ecdyses [ek-duh-seez] /ˈɛk dəˌsiz/ (Show IPA) 1. the shedding or casting off of an outer coat or integument by snakes, crustaceans, etc. /ˈɛkdɪsɪs/ noun (pl) -ses (-ˌsiːz) 1. the periodic shedding of the cuticle in insects and other arthropods or the outer epidermal layer in reptiles See also ecdysone

  • Ecdysone

    [ek-duh-zohn, -sohn] /ˈɛk dəˌzoʊn, -ˌsoʊn/ noun 1. an insect hormone that stimulates metamorphosis. /ɛkˈdaɪˌsəʊn/ noun 1. a hormone secreted by the prothoracic gland of insects that controls ecdysis and stimulates metamorphosis


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