{ } v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Molted or Moulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Molting or Moulting. ] [ OE. mouten, L. mutare. See Mew to molt, and cf. Mute, v. t. ] [ The prevalent spelling is, perhaps, moult; but as the u has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as, bolt, colt, dolt, etc., it is desirable to complete the analogy by the spelling molt. ] To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moult

{ } v. t. To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moult

{ } n. The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moulten

a. Having molted. [ Obs. ] “A moulten raven.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

molt

(n) periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles, Syn. moult, ecdysis, molting, moulting

molter

(n) an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair), Syn. moulter

shed

(v) cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers, Syn. moult, slough, exuviate, molt, Example:our dog sheds every Spring

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

蜕

[蜕 / 蛻, tuì] skin cast off during moulting; exuvium; to pupate; to moult; to slough; to cast off an old skin or shell #26643

蜕皮

[蜕皮 / 蛻皮, tuì pí] skin cast off during moulting; exuvium; to pupate; to moult; to slough; to cast off an old skin or shell #65388

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

休み

[やすみ, yasumi] (n) (1) rest; recess; respite; (2) vacation; holiday; absence; suspension; (3) dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting); (P) #11902

脱皮

[だっぴ, dappi] (n, vs) (1) ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; molting; moulting; casting off; (2) freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.); (P)

抜け替わる

[ぬけかわる, nukekawaru] (v5r) to shed; to moult; to fall out

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

abstreifen; verlieren

to molt [ Am. ]; to moult [ Br. ]

sich haaren

to molt [ Am. ]; to moult [ Br. ]

sich häuten

to molt [ Am. ]; to moult [ Br. ]

sich mausern; sich federn (Vogel) | mausernd | gemausert | mausert

to molt [ Am. ]; to moult [ Br. ] | molting; moulting | molted; moulted | molts; moults

Mauser { f }; Haarwechsel { m }; Häutung { f } [ zool. ]

molt [ Am. ]; moult [ Br. ]

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