Moulting Definition

Moulting Sentence Examples

• Our moulting season, like that of the fowls, must be a crisis in our lives.

• In one of the most esteemed varieties, the wing and tail feathers are at first black - a peculiarity, however, which disappears after the first moulting.

• But the evidence is not conclusive as to whether any part of the winter condition is additionally produced by moulting.

• The white ruff on the neck, and the similarly coloured feathers of the wing, do not appear until the completion of the first moulting.

• It also uses the burrow as a safe retreat during moulting and guards its cocoon and young in its depths.