moulter

moulter
noun
an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair)
Syn: ↑molter
Derivationally related forms: ↑moult, ↑molt (for: ↑molter)
Hypernyms: ↑animal, ↑animate being, ↑beast, ↑brute, ↑creature, ↑fauna

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