Thesaurus: molt

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1. imp. of Melt.
2. v. t. Alt. of Moult
3. v. t. Alt. of Moult
4. n. Alt. of Moult
5. n. periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
6. v. cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
7. of Melt. Chaucer. Spenser. To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird. Bacon. To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed. The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.
8. of Melt. Chaucer. Spenser.
9. n:36/v:64 n. periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles