molts

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English

Definitions

noun

The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.“Some birds change colour during their winter moult.”
The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.

verb

To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.
To shed in such a manner.

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Synonyms

exuvia shed slough moult moulting exuviate ecdysis moults sheds phalaropes pupa larva pupation turnstones hornworm yolk sac brown creeper

Rhymes

jolts dolts volts colts smolts woltz folts bolts boltz buboltz

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