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moulting

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Noun1.moulting - periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptilesmoulting - periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
ecdysis, molt, molting, moult
shedding, sloughing - the process whereby something is shed
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A Jay venturing into a yard where Peacocks used to walk, found there a number of feathers which had fallen from the Peacocks when they were moulting.
Fables by Aesop View in context
It has always been my pride to lay a fresh egg every morning, except when I'm moulting.
Ozma of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
Dick murmured something about never wanting a friend or a bottle to give him, and also gasped forth his favourite allusion to the wing of friendship and its never moulting a feather; but his faculties appeared to be absorbed in the contemplation of Miss Sally Brass, at whom he stared with blank and rueful looks, which delighted the watchful dwarf beyond measure.
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