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MOULTING [3 records]

Record 1 2008-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
DEF

Ensemble des phénomènes au cours desquels un crustacé abandonne son ancien exosquelette, ou exuvie, pour assurer sa croissance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Crustáceos
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Record 3 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Farm Animals
CONT

[the silkworm] sheds its skin and grows a new one. After the moulting, the silkworm has one last really large feed [the worm then moves to the straw provided and begins to make a cocoon.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux de ferme
CONT

l'évolution larvaire du ver à soie est marquée par une série de changements de peau, ou mue larvaire; puis survient le filage du cocon

Spanish

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