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Noun (1)

periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptilesSynonyms: molt molting moulting ecdysisType of shedding, sloughing

Verb (1)moulted, moulting

cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers“our dog sheds every Spring”Synonyms: shed molt exuviate sloughMore general shed, castMore specific desquamate, peel off

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Molt, Moult intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Molted or Moulted; present participle & verbal noun Molting or Moulting.] [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.]

Origin: OE. mouten, L. mutare. See Mew to molt, and cf. Mute, transitive verb

To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird. Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon

Molt, Moult transitive verb

To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.

Molt, Moult noun

The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.

Moult (mōlt), v. & n.

See Molt.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54