molt´er

molt´er
molt «mohlt», verb, noun.
–v.i.
to shed feathers, skin, hair, shell, ntlers, or other growths, before a new growth. Birds, snakes, insects, and crustaceans molt.
–v.t.
to shed (feathers, skin, or other growths): »

We saw the snake molt its skin.

–n.
1. the act or process of molting.
2. skin, hair, antlers, or other growths, shed in molting. Also, moult.
╂[alteration of Middle English mouten, Old English -mūtian (as in bemūtian exchange for), ultimately < Latin mūtāre to change]
–molt´er, noun.

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