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Noun: molting  mówl-ting
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: moulting)
  1. Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
    - molt [N. Amer], moult [Brit, Cdn], moulting [Brit, Cdn], ecdysis
Verb: molt  mówlt
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: moult)
  1. Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
    "our dog molts every Spring";
    - shed, exuviate, moult [Brit, Cdn], slough

Sounds like: malting, moul

Derived forms: moltings

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

Encyclopedia: Molting

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