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MOULT

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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 ("moult" is a kind of...):

shedding; sloughing (the process whereby something is shed)

Derivation:

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

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

Example:

our dog sheds every Spring

Synonyms:

exuviate; molt; moult; shed; slough

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "moult" is one way to...):

cast; cast off; drop; shake off; shed; throw; throw away; throw off (get rid of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "moult"):

desquamate; peel off (peel off in scales)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

moult (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))

moulting (periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles)

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