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“molting”
molt (verb), molts; molted; molting
1. To lose or change a covering of skin, hair, feathers, etc. and to replace them with new growth in the same places: Snakes mold as they grow larger, shedding the old skin and growing larger new skin.
2. Etymology: from Latin mutare, "to change".
2. Etymology: from Latin mutare, "to change".
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“molting”
molt, moult (verb); molts, molted, molting; moults, moulted, moulting
To shed or lose feathers, hair, fur, skin, or horns periodically, especially seasonally: It is a fact that snakes molt in order to allow replacement of what is lost with new growth:
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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