exuviation

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After the exuviation of the larval integuments, and when calcification commences, the first layer of shell is deposited under, and then round these primordial valves.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

Like the integuments of the body, and unlike the valves of the capitulum, these calcified plates are thrown off at each exuviation.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

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

The most serious trial through which society can pass is encountered in the exuviation of its religious restraints.

From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William

Peduncle.—The most remarkable fact concerning this part, is that the outer tunic, together with the calcareous scales with which it is covered, is moulted at each successive period of exuviation and growth.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles