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intermolt

intermolt adjective: between molts.

Adjective

intermolt (not comparable)

  1. Between molts.
    • Animals were staged according to accepted criteria and only adults (range of carapace width: 8–9 cm) in intermolt stage were used in the present study.2015 August 12, “Functional Assessment of Residues in the Amino- and Carboxyl-Termini of Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone (CHH) in the Mud Crab Scylla olivacea Using Point-Mutated Peptides”, in PLOS...
    • Settling in the hindgut of crustaceans by these organisms is possible only during the intermolt period. During the molting, the eccrinids are discarded [...]2018, L.V. Pavlova, “First Finding of Representatives of the Eccrinida Order in the Digestive Tract of King Crab Specie from the Barents Sea”, in Doklady Biological Sciences, volume 483, →DOI, →ISSN...

Origin of intermolt

From inter- + molt.

Questions about intermolt

What does intermolt mean?
Intermolt means between molts.
What part of speech is intermolt?
Intermolt is an adjective.

Words near intermolt in the dictionary

  1. intermolecular
  2. intermolecular force
  3. intermolecular forces
  4. intermolecularity
  5. intermolecularly
  6. intermolt
  7. intermomentary
  8. intermonolayer
  9. intermonomer
  10. intermonomeric
  11. intermonsoon

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