Moulting

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Molted} or
     {Moulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Molting} or {Moulting}.] [OE.
     mouten, L. mutare. See {Mew} to molt, and cf. {Mute}, v. t.]
     [The prevalent spelling is, perhaps, {moult}; but as the {u}
     has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as,
     bolt, colt, dolt, etc., it is desirable to complete the


     analogy by the spelling {molt}.]
     To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like,
     as an animal or a bird. --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster] Molt

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  moulting
       n : periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer
           skin in reptiles [syn: {molt}, {molting}, {moult}, {ecdysis}]