moult

Speech parts

1. moult - Noun

2. moult - Verb

4. Moult - Proper noun

Meaning

To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird.

To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.

The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.

See Molt.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

slough shed moulting molt molting ecdysis exuviate mew Mauser change cast changing drop driven fade
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Antonyms

provide allow remain continue develop maintain
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Hypernyms

cast drop throw shed shedding throw away

Hyponyms

peel off desquamate

Phrases with the word

prebasic moult

Derivatives

molted moulted molting moulting

Examples

our dog sheds every Spring Source: Internet

A clutch may have as many as 1500 eggs, and they take about a week to hatch into aquatic nymphs or naiads which moult between six and 15 times (depending on species) as they grow. Source: Internet

After the innermost tertiaries are moulted, the secondaries starting from the innermost begin to drop and this proceeds to the outer feathers (centrifugal moult). Source: Internet

During the feeding season, the tufts moult off and the plumage, beak and legs lose much of their lustre. Source: Internet

Before the first moult, scorplings cannot survive naturally without the mother, since they depend on her for protection and to regulate their moisture levels. Source: Internet

Parthenogenic reproduction starts following the scorpion's final moult to maturity and continues thereafter. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Moulsecoomb Moulsford Moulsoe moulten moulter moulting