Molt Definition

mōlt
molted, molting, molts
verb
molted, molting, molts
To replace by molting.
Webster's New World
To cast off or shed the exoskeleton, hair, outer skin, horns, or feathers at certain intervals, prior to replacement of the castoff parts by a new growth.
Webster's New World
To shed or cast off (a bodily covering).
American Heritage
noun
molts
The act or process of molting.
Webster's New World
The parts so shed.
Webster's New World
The material cast off during molting.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Molt

Noun

Singular:
molt
Plural:
molts

Origin of Molt

  • Alteration of Middle English mouten from Old English -mūtian (in bemūtian to exchange for) from Latin mūtāre to change mei-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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