Meanings
adjectiveintermolt (not comparable)
- not comparableBetween 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 ONE, →DOI1 more example
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, →PMID, pages 231–234
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
- Proto-Italic*n̥ter
- Latininter
- Latininter-
- Englishinter-
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
- Latinmūtō
- Old English*mutian
- Middle Englishmouten
- Englishmoult
- Englishmolt
- Englishintermolt
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intermolt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermolt
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