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Examples of moulting
moulting
They were at the lowest during moulting when the animals were the most vulnerable.
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A couple of moulting turkeys looked a little shopworn, showing some pale skin.
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In adults, moulting begins in July and ends in late August or early September.
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Dark and light bill of male House Sparrows during breeding and moulting time.
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Moulting cycles run nearly continuously until an arthropod reaches full size.
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It can also refer to the exuvia of bugs or small animals left behind after moulting.
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History, changing scenarios and future strategies to induce moulting in laying hens.
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Moulting is a dangerous thing to do, as the crayfish must shed their hard outer shell.
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The rigid cuticle inhibits growth, so arthropods replace it periodically by moulting.
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- Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
- Shed: cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring"
- In biology, moulting or molting (both pronounced), also known as sloughing, shedding, or for some species, ecdysis) is the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body (often but not always an outer layer or covering), either at specific times of year, or at specific points ...
- (Molting (Arthropoda)) Ecdysis is the moulting of the cuticula in arthropods and related groups (Ecdysozoa). Since the cuticula of these animals is also the skeletal support (the exoskeleton) of the body and is inelastic, it is shed during growth and a new, larger covering is formed. ...
- The skin or feathers cast off during the process of molting; To shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc. and replace it by a fresh layer; To shed in such a manner
- (Molting) The shedding of the exoskeleton of crustaceans in order to grow.
- (molting) to lose the old skin or exoskeleton; similar to shedding
- (Molting) Or ecdysis, is the shedding of an old cuticle and formation of a new one.
- (Molting) The growing method of arthropods. The arthropod discards its original small exoskeleton and grows a new larger one
