Ecdysis.
Borrowed from Greek é Kdysis 'getting out, escape', from ekdyein 'to take
of, strip off' and ekdyesthai 'to strip oneself of, take off, get out, escape,
leave behind'.
The process of shedding the old skin or casting off the outer cuticle to
let the organism grow.
Ecdysis permits a vital but vulnerable metamorphosis.
Borrowed from Greek é Kdysis 'getting out, escape', from ekdyein 'to take
of, strip off' and ekdyesthai 'to strip oneself of, take off, get out, escape,
leave behind'.
The process of shedding the old skin or casting off the outer cuticle to
let the organism grow.
Ecdysis permits a vital but vulnerable metamorphosis.