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Definition of Moulted
1. moult [v] - See also: moult
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moulted
Literary usage of Moulted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1845)
"On the 2nd of December, in the same year, it moulted again ; the superior spinners
... It moulted on the 2nd of the following June, when the detached part, ..."
2. The Natural History of the British Entomostraca by William Baird (1850)
"In the month of December I found, when kept in a vessel in my room, the intervals
thus : December 8th, young one born ; 12th, moulted for the first time; ..."
3. Magazine of Zoology and Botany by Prideaux John Selby, George Johnston, William Jardine (1838)
"24th, moulted third time. January 3d, moulted fourth time, and has eggs, ...
18th, moulted sixth time. Each time it moults the insect increases in size, ..."
4. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1904)
"... 6 days after the eggs were laid, moulted for the ist time 3 days after ...
moulted a and time 4 days later (July I4th), moulted a 3rd time 4 days later ..."
5. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"It moulted on the 2nd of the following June, when the detached part, ... On the
12th of August, in the same year, it moulted again ; the right palpus was ..."
6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1904)
"233, captured June 22, moulted July 2 and 18, killed by 9 No. 271, August 25; No.
275, captured June 27, moulted July 14, killed by 9 No. 273, August 25. ..."
7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1845)
"On the 2nd of December, in the same year, it moulted again ; the superior spinners
... It moulted on the 2nd of the following June, when the detached part, ..."
8. The Natural History of the British Entomostraca by William Baird (1850)
"In the month of December I found, when kept in a vessel in my room, the intervals
thus : December 8th, young one born ; 12th, moulted for the first time; ..."
9. Magazine of Zoology and Botany by Prideaux John Selby, George Johnston, William Jardine (1838)
"24th, moulted third time. January 3d, moulted fourth time, and has eggs, ...
18th, moulted sixth time. Each time it moults the insect increases in size, ..."
10. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1904)
"... 6 days after the eggs were laid, moulted for the ist time 3 days after ...
moulted a and time 4 days later (July I4th), moulted a 3rd time 4 days later ..."
11. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"It moulted on the 2nd of the following June, when the detached part, ... On the
12th of August, in the same year, it moulted again ; the right palpus was ..."
12. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1904)
"233, captured June 22, moulted July 2 and 18, killed by 9 No. 271, August 25; No.
275, captured June 27, moulted July 14, killed by 9 No. 273, August 25. ..."
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