1) Animal 2) Animate being 3) Beast 4) Brute 5) Creature 6) Fauna 7) Moulter 8) One that sheds 9) Parakeet, often 10) Preening bird 11) Snake, periodically 1) Moulter 
[n] - an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair)
moulter noun an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair)