Noun: moulter mówl-tu(r)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: molter)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: molter)
- 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