Molt



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 换羽, 脱毛; n. 换羽（期）, 脱毛（期）
• ［英］ 换羽, 脱毛 ( lose most of its feathers, hair, or fur at the season when a new covering for the body grows) 换羽 ( 期) , 脱毛 ( 期) ( the time of molting)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: alteration of Middle English mouten, from Old English -mūtian to change, from Latin mutare — more at mutable
• Date: 15th century
• intransitive verb
  • to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically
• transitive verb
  • to cast off (an outer covering) periodically; specifically to throw off (the old cuticle) — used of arthropods
• ? molter noun

II. noun

• Date: 1815
• the act or process of molting; specifically ecdysis

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