Found 2 items, similar to moulting.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: moulting
moulting
n : periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer
skin in reptiles [syn:
molt,
molting,
moult,
ecdysis]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Moulting
Molt
\Molt\, Moult
\Moult\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Molted or
Moulted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Molting or
Moulting.] [OE.
mouten, L. mutare. See
Mew to molt, and cf.
Mute, v. t.]
[The prevalent spelling is, perhaps,
moult; but as the
u
has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as,
bolt, colt, dolt, etc., it is desirable to complete the
analogy by the spelling
molt.]
To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like,
as an animal or a bird. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]