molt

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And every three months or so these animals molt, and they build a new limb and it's no problem.

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  1. intransitive verb To shed periodically part or all of a coat or an outer covering, such as feathers, cuticle, or skin, which is then replaced by a new growth.
  2. transitive verb To shed or cast off (a bodily covering).
  3. noun The act or process of molting.
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  • And every three months or so these animals molt, and they build a new limb and it's no problem. —  Sheila Patek clocks the fastest animals
  • And they are incorruptible, since they are religious fanatics—like our Cult of the Sea, who resist the last molt, and stick to gills Well, well, this does offer possibilities. —  Analog February, 1971
  • About four days before a female hits the final molt, she stops all web repairs and catching of bugs. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • In addition, cell corpses begin to appear in the syncytial region of the hermaphrodite gonad after the L4 / adult molt (see abstract by Gumienny et al.). —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • And the shells they leave behind when they molt are pretty funky-looking. —  GaijinSmash.net
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  1. Alteration of Middle English mouten, from Old English -mūtian (in bemūtian, to exchange for), from Latin mūtāre, to change; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots.
 

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