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Noun: moulter  mówl-tu(r)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: molter)
  1. An animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers, cuticle, skin or hair)
    "Snakes are efficient moulters, shedding their skin in one piece";
    - molter [US]

Derived forms: moulters

Type of: animal, animate being