molting in English

verb
1
(of an animal) shed old feathers, hair, or skin, or an old shell, to make way for a new growth.
the adult birds were already molting into their winter shades of gray

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1. Molting is controlled by a hormone.

2. The material cast off during molting.

3. The old cuticle is digested by molting fluid.

4. Subacute bioas,ays involving molting and Autotomy of limbs

5. When Aschelminths shed their cuticle, this is called: Molting or ecdysis

6. Insect molting is an important process of growth and development controlled a cascade of insect hormones.

7. Molting in insects is triggered by rising levels of a hormone called ecdysone.

8. Their hair was in raggedy patches, for they were molting their thick winter coats.

9. The larvae grow very fast, molting their skins several times as they mature into adults.

10. Amputation of a pair of moving legs causes no significant change in the molting rate.

11. So these animals go into a molting period where they're unable to strike -- their bodies become very soft.

12. Each year, molting or dead crustaceans, fungi, and insects shed billions of metric tons of chitin.

13. The firefly is a holometabolic insect, passing through the stages of being an egg, being a larva, molting , and pupation.

14. After molting the anchor ledge turns out in its functional position and sclerotisation of the procuticle takes place.

15. The shedding of an outer integument or layer of skin, as by insects, crustaceans, and snakes; molting.

16. Young Centipedes have fewer leg pairs than adults, and, with each molting, they add body segments and more leg pairs until fully grown

17. The nematode Cuticle is an extremely flexible and resilient exoskeleton that permits locomotion via attachment to muscle, confers environmental protection and allows growth by molting

18. Heffernan said he would consider putting them on his menu and was looking forward to getting some molting European green crabs to try in soft-shell crab recipes.

19. Large vacuoles of low density are relatively rare. Changes in the axons of the nervus glandulae cerebralis are noticeable as early as 24 hours after experimental induction of molting.

20. By setting up a frequency distribution of the anal plate length and by simultaneous measurement of new and old anal plate during molting it was possible to separate different developmental stages.

21. The present invention relates to novel active ingredient combinations, comprising at least one known compound of formula (I), in which R1 and A have the meanings as stated in the description, and at least one further known active ingredient of the class of chitin synthesis inhibitors, molting hormone agonists or other classes, and are well suited for controlling animal pests, such as insects and undesired acarids.