1) Atoi 2) Desquamate 3) Ecdysis 4) Exuviate 5) Molting 6) Moult 7) Moulting 8) Shed
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1) Birds and snakes do it 2) Cast off 3) Cast off shell, horns, etc 4) Cast off skin 5) Discard, animal style 6) Drop down 7) Drop feathers 8) Ecdysis 9) Experience ecdysis 10) Exuviate 11) Go through a renewal process 12) Loose feathers 13) Lose a coat 14) Lose a layer 15) Lose feathers 16) Lose plumage
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Shedding of old exoskeleton to allow a new period of growth
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1. to shed hair, outer skin, feathers, or horns before replacement of parts of new growth. 2. an act, instance, or process of molting (Morris 1992).
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To shed an exoskeleton; this process is necessary to allow for growth
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To cast off the cuticle.
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• (v. t.) Alt. of Moult • (v. t.) Alt. of Moult • imp. of Melt. • (n.) Alt. of Moult
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The annual shedding and renewing of a bird's feathers.
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biological process of molting (moulting)—i.e., the shedding or casting off of an outer layer or covering and the formation of its replacement. ... [25 related articles]
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BTo shed old feathers and grow new ones.
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To cast off feathers, hair, or cuticle; to undergo ecdysis. ... See: desquamate. ... Synonym: moult. ... Origin: L. Muto, to change ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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The process of shedding old feathers and replacing them with new feathers, whether all or part of the plumage; most species have regular, predictable molts.
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the natural process of replacing feathers; Raptors molt once a year, usually in spring and summer. They tend to molt symmetrically meaning if they lose the third primary on the right, they also lose the third primary on the left. Raptors do not lose all their flight feathers at one time and are never rendered flightless by a molt. It can take up ...
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Molt obsolete
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Process of shedding the exoskeleton, the insect
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moult lose hair feathers before new growingÂ
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the process of shedding hair, skin, or an outer layer periodically to be later replaced by new growth
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In most raptors, this is an annual shedding of the feathers. A successful molt starts in spring or early summer, concludes in autumn, requires a bird to be healthy, and with proper nutrition to produce a new set of feathers.
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Shedding a coat
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Shedding fur
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to shed feathers, skin, horns, etc. before replacement with new growth
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molting noun periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
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the casting off of the outgrown skin (exoskeleton) during growth.
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The process by which a bird renews part or all of its plumage by shedding old, worn feathers and growing new ones.
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(of birds, insects, reptiles, etc.) to cast or shed the feathers, skin, or the like, that will be replaced by a new growth.
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