Meaning of MOLT
| Pronunciation: | | mowlt
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- [n] periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
- [v] cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; of animals
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| | Synonyms: | | ecdysis, exuviate, molting, moult, moult, moulting, shed, slough |
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| | See Also: | | cast, cast off, desquamate, drop, peel off, shake off, shedding, sloughing, throw, throw away, throw off | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Molt\, obs.
imp. of {Melt}. --Chaucer. --Spenser.
\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.
\Molt\, Moult \Moult\, v. t.
To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.
\Molt\, Moult \Moult\, n.
The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin,
etc.; molting.
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