exuviation
Example Sentences
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This last shell of 12th September subsisted until 29th March, being 197 days, when it was thrown off during another exuviation.'
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 by Chambers, Robert
These little glandular bodies, with the membrane formed by them, are cast off at each exuviation, and new glands formed on the crest of the fr�num underneath.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
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 Chambers, Robert
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 Darwin, Charles
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 Chambers, Robert
