1. Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
   "The snake's moulting process left behind a complete skin shed";
   - molt [N. Amer], molting [N. Amer], moult [Brit, Cdn], ecdysis

1. Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
   "our dog moults every Spring";
   - shed, molt [N. Amer], exuviate, slough

Sounds like: malting, mol

Derived forms: moultings

Type of: cast, cast off, drop, lose, shed, shedding, sloughing, throw off

Encyclopedia: Moulting