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Molt   /moʊlt/   Listen
Molt

noun
1.
Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles.  Synonyms: ecdysis, molting, moult, moulting.



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... trichosis [Med.]. V. divest; uncover &c (cover) &c 223; denude, bare, strip; disfurnish^; undress, disrobe &c (dress, enrobe) &c 225; uncoif^; dismantle; put off, take off, cast off; doff; peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay; expose, lay open; exfoliate, molt, mew; cast the skin. Adj. divested &c v.; bare, naked, nude; undressed, undraped; denuded; exposed; in dishabille; bald, threadbare, ragged, callow, roofless. in a state of nature, in nature's garb, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



Words linked to "Molt" :   peel off, throw off, shake off, drop, cast, desquamate, throw away, throw, cast off, sloughing, shedding



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