Molting Synonyms

Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. sloughing
  2. shedding
  3. losing
  4. discarding
  5. changing
  6. casting
Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. molt
  2. moult
  3. moulting
  4. ecdysis

Molting Sentence Examples

  • Here they feed and grow, molting periodically, until they become infective.

  • Around the area he is losing the hair it looks like he has dandruff, is the normal during molting season?

  • Unless you're into hairless cat breeds, the sight of a molting feline is generally cause for alarm.

  • Bug carcasses - During the life cycle of the bug, molting occurs and carcasses may get left behind under and at the corners of mattresses.

  • Other signs of infestation include fecal spots and blood stains on sheets and bedding, as well as broken shells from the bugs' molting.

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