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molting
(encz) | molting, n: |
molting
(gcide) | 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] |
Molting
(gcide) | 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 |
molting
(wn) | molting
n 1: periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer
skin in reptiles [syn: molt, molting, moult,
moulting, ecdysis] |
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Molting
(gcide) | 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]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 |
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