Moult synonyms

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exuviate
To cast off (a skin, shell, etc.); molt
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molting
A molt; the shedding of skin, feathers, etc.
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moulting
A moult; the shedding of skin, feathers, etc.
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ecdysis
The shedding of an exoskeleton, as in insects and crustaceans.
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slough
To cast off or shed (skin or a covering):
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pupa (related)
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egg laying (related)
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tadpole (related)
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larva (related)
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mating (related)
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post-juvenile (related)
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molt (related)
The skin or feathers cast off during the process of molting.
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shed
To diffuse or radiate; send forth or impart:
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Moult Sentence Examples

  • It bores through and enters the developing seed, where it undergoes a moult and becomes legless.

  • Nymphs repeat the behaviour of the larvae, and finally moult into the adult, showing the generative orifice, which is the mark of maturity.

  • As growth proceeds the integument is periodically cast; and at the final moult the perfect winged insect appears.

  • He cites Groom's evidence that larvae obtained from the egg readily go through one moult in the aquarium, and the known fact that the last larval stage is.

  • Its striated plumage also favours this view, as an evidence of permanent immaturity or generalization of form, since striped feathers are so often the earliest clothing of many of these birds, which only get rid of them at their first moult.

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