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

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

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 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

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