moulted

Meaning

of Moult

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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

Crofford 1989, p. 9 Cokinos 2000, p. 310 During winter the auk moulted and lost this eye patch, which was replaced with a wide white band and a gray line of feathers which stretched from the eye to the ear. Source: Internet

Embryological evidence supports zebras being dark coloured with white as an addition. citation Living in the very southern end of the plains zebra's range, the quagga had a thick winter coat that moulted each year. Source: Internet

Some flocks may be force moulted several times. Source: Internet

They were never moulted, and each scale could be moved with an attached muscle. Source: Internet