"moult" or shed their shells eight times in their first twelvemonth of life, as the shell is rigid and does not grow with the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naturalist on the Thames] Reference

Comes in to moult in May; lays first week in July.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Years in Tristan da Cunha] Reference

La chaleur fut moult grande, chacun si tressua (sua).    From Wordnik.com.  [Brittany & Its Byways] Reference

Hens are typically forced to moult to increase egg production.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Battle Against the Egg Industry] Reference

Even should our feathers become a burden, we can soon moult them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Breakfast of the Birds, and Other Stories] Reference

"It does seem as if they needn't all moult at the same time," said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peggy in Her Blue Frock] Reference

I have watch'd her through the moult, till her castings all were pure.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference

Freshwater ostracods go through eight moult stages before they mature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crustacea] Reference

He moulted once again before the winter, but this was merely a growing moult.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference

Larval stoneflies moult between 10 and 30 times, requiring 1 to 3 years to mature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference

It was now possible to study how ancient animals grew to maturity, moult by moult.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harry Whittington obituary] Reference

Then his skin split down his back, and he successfully accomplished his first moult.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference

In their last instar the larvae crawl out of the water and moult to the adult stage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference

No. All birds moult their feathers, you know, every winter, and others grow in their place.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference

I am glad to see grows so vigorously at each moult, although it undergoes no metamorphosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1] Reference

As they moult, juveniles become more and more adult-like until they become sexually mature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crustacea] Reference

Truly the imago state of Man seems to be terribly distant, but every moult is a step gained.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fortune Cookie File from Karl Lehenbauer Part 3] Reference

In addition, the eagles were beginning their annual moult, during which they cannot be flown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sovereigns of the Sky] Reference

Froissart says 'Il commencièrent à juper moult epouvantablement'; that is, 'to utter cries.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)] Reference

They act against the larval stages which, when affected, usually fail to survive the next moult.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

Mayflies remain in this stage for a few minutes to 48 hours and then moult into the adult stage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference

Directly after each moult the body will be found to be quite soft, but the skin quickly hardens again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference

The newly hatched young amphipods stay in the marsupium until the female undergoes a post-copulatory moult.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crustacea] Reference

Some females have a chain of these attached males, including some which have died while awaiting her moult!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crustacea] Reference

Amnios: the first cast skin of the larva when a moult occurs almost immediately after emergence from the egg.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Wings pads also occur on the thorax and they enlarge with each moult until they reach full size in the adult.    From Wordnik.com.  [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference

The poor penguins that land on this shore to moult have but a short life, for the dogs hunt them out at once.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Years in Tristan da Cunha] Reference

The falcon's moult is over, and the eastern duck seasons are too late to properly exercise a newly moulted bird.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

After the pupae cut themselves out of their case, they swim ashore or to the surface of the water where they moult.    From Wordnik.com.  [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference

It reminds me of my summer moult -- but it's worse; and, in the summer, even I must trust more to my hands and feet.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference

The birds in this contest were all hatched early in March and were all through the moult before the cold weather came.    From Wordnik.com.  [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference

At the end of their development, juveniles swim to the surface where they moult into a sexually immature subimago stage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference

'As he is still growing he will moult his shell fairly frequently,' said.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference