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ecdysial, a. Ent.|ɛkˈdɪzɪəl|
[f. ecdysis n.: see -al.]
Pertaining to, instrumental in, or characteristic of ecdysis; spec. applied to a line along which cleavage occurs during ecdysis, which is still discernible in the adult forms of some insects. ecdysial gland, the prothoracic gland, which secretes ecdysone.
1919Geol. Mag. VI. 106 The morphological relation of this ecdysial line to the dorsal facial suture. 1931Notulae Entomologicae XI. 106 The anterior part of the ecdysial line traversing the head runs behind the eyes. 1951A. G. Richards Integument of Arthropods xxiv. 233 Perhaps commonly setae act as ‘ecdysial hairs’ to assist in emergence by deterring slipping back into the old skin during pulsating movements. 1962Gorbman & Bern Compar. Endocrinol. xiv. 381 The brain factor of Kopeć does not have a direct effect on growth and differentiation processes..rather..it serves as a tropic hormone (ecdysiotropin) acting through the agency of another glandular unit, the ecdysial gland. 1977T. I. Storer et al. Elem. Zool. (ed. 4) viii. 108/1 Ecdysone is secreted by ecdysial glands. |