Noun: molter mówl-tur
Usage: US (elsewhere: moulter)
Usage: US (elsewhere: moulter)
- An animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers, cuticle, skin or hair)
"Snakes are efficient molters, shedding their skin in one piece";
- moulter [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: molters
Type of: animal, animate being
Encyclopedia: Molter, William