NOUN | process | moult, molt, molting, moulting, ecdysis | periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles |
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VERB | body | moult, shed, molt, exuviate, slough | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers |
Meaning | Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles. | |
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Synonyms | molt, molting, moulting, ecdysis | |
Broader | shedding, sloughing | The process whereby something is shed |
Spanish | muda | |
Catalan | ècdisi, muda | |
Verbs | moult | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers |
Meaning | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Synonyms | shed, molt, exuviate, slough | |
Narrower | desquamate, peel off | peel off in scales |
Broader | shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop | Get rid of |
Spanish | cambiar, mudar, pelechar | |
Catalan | canviar, mudar | |
Nouns | moult, moulting | periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles |
moulter | an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) |
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