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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles;
[syn: molt, molting, moult, moulting, ecdysis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

molting \molting\ n. The act or process by which an animal molts; especially, the periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles, or feathers in birds. Syn: molt, moult, moulting, ecdysis. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, 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] Molt
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

molting n 1: periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles [syn: molt, molting, moult, moulting, ecdysis]