Like arthropods today, trilobites molted as they grew, shedding their old exoskeleton. These molts could fossilize, so one animal could leave several different sized fossils behind.
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Molted
Synonyms for "molted" (6 found)
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9 entriesbiological processchange of appearancechange of stategrammatical formgrowth stagelife cycle eventphysiological statetransformationverbal morphology
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10 entriesexoskeleton moltfeather moltidentity rearrangementmolted feathersmolted scalesmolted skinpast participle formpast tense formskin moltsurface modification
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8 entriesduring moltmolt cyclemolted exoskeletonmolted feathersmolted skinpost moltpost molt periodrecent molt
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