intermolt

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

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."
"Settling in the hindgut of crustaceans by these organisms is possible only during the intermolt period. During the molting, the eccrinids are discarded [...]"

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Latin mūtōder. Old English *mutian Middle English mouten English moult English molt English intermolt From inter- + molt.

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What does intermolt mean?

Between molts.

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