Examples of 'molt' in a sentence

Meaning of "molt"

molt (verb) - the process of shedding feathers, skin, or an outer layer to allow for growth or change, commonly observed in birds and insects.
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  • US standard spelling of moult.
  • simple past tense of melt

How to use "molt" in a sentence

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After the final molt it becomes a pupa.
Because if he grew that means he had to molt.
Each successive molt being closer to adult plumage.
Caterpillars hibernate after the first molt.
Larvae molt up to six times before pupating.
Each one of these stages is separated by a molt.
Many insects must molt in order to grow.
Centipedes get bigger once they molt.
Snow crabs tend to molt in the spring.
Warmer temperatures also can start a molt.
Macaws only molt one tail feather at a time.
We know the monsters are gonna molt again.
It emerges from molt as either an adult female or male.
This is naturally when they begin to molt.
They molt twice before winter.

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The period between each molt is known as an instar.
They molt four times during this period.
Both sexes begin molt simultaneously.
Nymphs molt many times as they grow to be adults.
Summer diapause and molt cycle.
Adults molt once every year.
Females produce an egg sac before they molt.
The larvae will molt twice before winter.
Molt five to fourteen times before becoming an adult.
So their baby molt is nearly done.
Each instar stage is divided by a molt.
The nymphs molt five times.
Most hair is shed periodically in a process called molt.
Saturniids molt five times as larva.
Birds must be allowed to molt naturally.
Meal worms molt several times during their growth.
This periodicity is similar to the molt of some mammals.
Nymphs molt six to seven times before becoming adults.
Each nymphal stage is separated by a molt.
Those larvae then molt into infected nymphs.
They molt several times as they attempt to reach maturity.
They soon lose this after their first molt.
Exuviae from a molt may seem like ghost insects.
Molt condition and weight of all trapped individuals was noted.
During the summertime molt the adults are least conspicuous.
Molt several times during this stage of their life.
It is the only cardueline finch to undergo a molt twice a year.
They molt many times before they become adults.
I thought the molt was over.
Most molt during summer time to prepare for migration.
It is said that his molt.
The role of the molt hormone in starting apolysis is discussed.
The smaller they are the more often they molt.
The first molt occurs when a protonymph becomes a deutonymph.
They linger in the boreal zone to complete their molt.

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