moult

moult  (mlt)

v. & n. Chiefly British

Variant of molt.

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moult US, molt [məʊlt]

vb

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of birds, mammals, reptiles, and arthropods) to shed (feathers, hair, skin, or cuticle)

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the periodic process of moulting See also ecdysis

[C14 mouten, from Old English mūtian, as in bimūtian to exchange for, from Latin mūtāre to change]

moulter  US, molter n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	moult - periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles ecdysis, molt, molting, moulting shedding, sloughing - the process whereby something is shed
Verb	1.	moult - cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring" exuviate, molt, slough, shed desquamate, peel off - peel off in scales; "dry skin desquamates" cast off, shed, throw off, throw away, shake off, throw, cast, drop - get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"

Translations

moult molt (US) [məʊlt]

A. VI [bird] → mudar las plumas; [mammal] → mudar el pelo; [snake] → mudar la piel

B. VT [+ feathers, hair] → mudar

C. N → muda f

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moult [ˈməʊlt] molt (US) vi [animal] → muer

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moult, (US) molt

n (of birds) → Mauser f (also Comput); (of mammals) → Haarwechsel m; (of snakes) → Häutung f

vt hairs → verlieren; feathers, skin → abstreifen

vi (bird) → sich mausern; (mammals) → sich haaren; (snake) → sich häuten

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moult molt (Am) [məʊlt] vi → far la muta

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moult molt (Am) [məʊlt] vi → far la muta

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moult

v moult [məult]

(of birds, dogs or cats, snakes etc) to shed feathers, hair, a skin etc. verveer يطْرَح ريشَه أو جِلْدَه пада ми козината pelichat skifte fjer; skifte ham; fælde sich mausern, sich häuten μαδώ, γδέρνω mudar las plumas/la piel sulgima, karva ajama پوست انداختن olla sulkasato/karvanlähtö, luoda nahkansa muer לְהַשִׁיר שֵׂעָר/נוצוֹת पर रोआ या सींग झाड़ना linjati se vedlik ganti kulit skipta um ham; fella fjaðrir mutare 抜けかわる 털갈이하다 šertis, nertis mest spalvu ganti kulit verharen, vervellen skifte ham, røyte, felle fjær linieć, zrzucać skórę mudar de pele a năpârli линять pŕchnuť leviti se, menjati perje linjati se rugga [], fälla [], ömsa [] ลอกคราบ tüy dökmek/değiştirmek 換羽，脫毛 линяти جانوروں کا بال جھاڑنا rụng lông, thay lông 换羽，脱毛