Noun: molt mówlt
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: moult)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: moult)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: moult)
- Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
"The snake's molt process left behind a complete skin shed";
- molting [N. Amer], moult [Brit, Cdn], moulting [Brit, Cdn], ecdysis
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: moult)
- Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
"our dog molts every Spring";
- shed, exuviate, moult [Brit, Cdn], slough
Derived forms: molts, molting, molted
Type of: cast, cast off, drop, lose, shed, shedding, sloughing, throw off
Encyclopedia: Molt, Montana