exsheath

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• exsheath — v. [L. ex, out of; A.S. sceath, case] To escape from the residual membrane (egg shell) of a previous developmental stage …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• exsheath — ex·sheath …   English syllables

• Microfilaria — may also refer to an informal collective group genus name, proposed by Cobbold in 1882. While a convenient category for newly discovered microfilariae which can not be assigned to a known species because the adults are unknown,[1] it is seldom… …   Wikipedia

• exsheathment — noun see exsheath …   Useful english dictionary