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MOLTING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles

Synonyms:

ecdysis; molt; molting; moult; moulting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("molting" is a kind of...):

shedding; sloughing (the process whereby something is shed)

Derivation:

molt (cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb molt

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