Definition of Molting. Meaning of Molting. Synonyms of Molting

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Definition of Molting

Molting
Molt 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.

Meaning of Molting from wikipedia

- In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is a process...
- Forced molting, sometimes known as induced molting, is the practice by some poultry industries of artificially provoking a flock to molt simultaneously...
- Molter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Dorothy Molter, the "Root Beer Lady" of Knife Lake in Minnesota Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765)...
- Dorothy Louise Molter (May 6, 1907, in Arnold, Pennsylvania – December 18, 1986), lived for 56 years on Knife Lake in the Boundary Waters area of northern...
- Ecdysis is the moulting of the cuticle in many invertebrates of the clade Ecdysozoa. Since the cuticle of these animals typically forms a largely inelastic...
- 484), called Ailill Molt, is included in most lists of the High Kings of Ireland and is also called King of Connacht. His cognomen, molt, means "ram" but...
- mid-molt was compared to wearing a "high collared jacket". Although king penguins usually molt at ten to twelve months old, Pesto began molting at around...
- called molting where they shed the outer layer of hair and skin. This molting process takes up to a month to complete. When it comes time to molt, they...
- also catalogs his artistic process in a blog series entitled "Molting with the Molting." The seven chapters were: Guilty Susie, The Happiest Place on...
- of Buster crab referred to either a soft-s**** that had yet to complete molting, or to a soft-s**** that had died before being provided to a seafood vendor...