exuviation
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About a month after this exuviation the animal perished accidentally, having been two years and eight months under examination.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 by Robert Chambers
It had, probably, undergone only one exuviation since its metamorphosis, for the larva is nearly as long, namely, 25/1000ths of an inch.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
During every successive exuviation in this embryo state, they assume more and more of their perfect and established form.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 by Robert Chambers
It undergoes three moults, each time altering its figure, until at the third exuviation it has become enclosed in a bivalve shell, and has acquired a second eye.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by H. W. (Henry William) Lee
These mutilations, however, are readily repaired; although, contrary to what was the common belief, the restoration takes place only at the next regular period of exuviation.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 by Robert Chambers
