exuviation
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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
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 Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
I may remark that one, or more commonly two or three branched filaments stand nearly in the centre of each circular line of exuviation or splitting.
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
In 102 days it underwent exuviation, when it appeared again, perfect as before, with a shell of snowy white, and a little red speckling on the limbs.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 by Chambers, Robert
