moulting

8 letters in word "moulting": G I L M N O T U.

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• Definitions:
• molt: periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
• Moulting (or molting, see spelling differences) is the routine shedding of old feathers in birds, old hairs in mammals (see also coat (dog)), old skin in reptiles, and the entire exoskeleton in arthropods.
• In crustaceans, the process whereby outer shell is shed.
• The seasonal or periodic shedding of dead hair.
• shedding of the exoskeleton. Occurs in two stages, the back half is moulted first and then the front half is moulted a few days later
• Shedding of an old coat of skin, feathers, fur or exoskeleton, and growing a new one. This might be done to allow for growth or to keep warmer/cooler.

• moulters ←
• moulter ←
• moulten ←
• moulting
• → moultings
• → moults
• → mound