To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird
{i} periodical shedding (of horns, skins, feathers, etc.) to make way for new growth
As the gypsy moth caterpillar grows, it sheds the outer covering, called molting, at the end of each instar Gypsy moth caterpillars generally molt five times before they reach their full length
(moult) In a mammal, the act or process of shedding or casting off the hair, outer layer of skin, or horns; most mammals shed the hair once, twice, or three times annually The castoff covering (obsolete) As a verb; To be shed or to shed
Shedding or casting off of an animal's outer layer or covering and formation of its replacement. Regulated by hormones, molting occurs throughout the animal kingdom. It includes the shedding and replacement of horns, hair, skin, and feathers and the process by which a nymph or other organism sheds an external skeleton for the purpose of growth or change in shape
Shed fur or feathers (for example, foxes moult their thick winter fur in summer, regrowing the fur over the summer in preparation for the following winter)
moult moults moulting moulted in AM, use molt When an animal or bird moults, it gradually loses its coat or feathers so that a new coat or feathers can grow. Finches start to moult at around twelve weeks of age. Variant of molt. when a bird or animal moults, it loses feathers or hair so that new ones can grow
The general name for the process by which the spider sheds its exoskeleton, allowing for growth and the regeneration of lost or damaged limbs Properly called ecdysis