Definition von molting im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
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
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