moult
moult
Definition
moult (mōlt)
noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
Chiefly Brit. molt
moult
Usage Examples
Object
- bird: Molting birds were sitting apart from the colony, looking forlorn.
- adult: They were joined by at least 3 molting adult Black Terns and a cracking adult White-winged Black Tern.
- season: The outer coat should be stripped at least twice a year during their molting seasons.
- period: Otters have a double coat of hair which they shed throughout the year rather than molting in a short molting period.
- process: Reports of mange in foxes often turn out to be simple hair loss due to the normal molting process which begins around April.
- time: This becomes even more important during the molting times.
Converse of object
- undergo: Meadow Pipits are reported to undergo a partial molt in the first three months of the year.
Preposition: into
- plumage: These, we decided, were Scarlet Tanagers, the former being a male molting into winter plumage.
Modifying Another Word
- twice: At this stage they will grow and molt twice reaching a length of 5mm.
- fully: The 4 youngsters my pair produced are getting on great and almost fully molted in to normal as expected.
- recently: My favorite choice is a Meadow Pipit that has recently molted.
- not: The wings are white: the feathers do not molt.
- once: Young spiders molt every few weeks, but once adult they usually molt about once a year.
- again: They remain inactive throughout the winter, but the animals then molt again and revert to the sexually active stage.
Adjective modifier
- annual: Seals carry out their annual molt at these sites.
- final: The larva's final molt is into a pupa, from which an adult emerges within a week.
- several: Like a crab, it went through several molts in its lifetime.
- first: At the first molt, the six legged larva turns into an eight legged nymph.
- next: Those affected birds which we were able to follow over time, grew normal feathers at the next molt.
- larval: Because of the large number of larval molts, when cast larval skins are seen they tend to exaggerate the extent of the infestation.
Browse dictionary entries near moult
- Moulmein
- moulin
- moule
- mouldy
- moulding
- mouldiest
- mouldier
- moulder
- mouldboard
- mould
- mound
- Mound Builders
- mount
- Mount Desert
- Mount Olivet
- Mount Palomar
- Mount Prospect
- Mount Vernon
- mountable
- mountain
