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Example sentences from the Web for moultAs lobsters grow, they moult their hard exoskeletons—often eating them—which means that they can reach astonishing sizes. My Big, Buttery Lobster Roll Rumble: We Came, We Clawed, We Conquered|Scott Bixby|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST The adults who instructed the young in the water had finished their moult, and were themselves ready to depart. Antarctic Penguins|George Murray Levick But they eat and grow and moult like other larvæ until they are full-grown insects. The Insect Folk|Margaret Warner Morley The birds in this contest were all hatched early in March and were all through the moult before the cold weather came. Outdoor Sports and Games|Claude H. Miller
The third moult takes place after another interval of 5–6 days, the eye-spots then becoming very prominent. Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann During a moult the cuticle of the head is cast separately from that of the body. Garden Pests in New Zealand|D. Miller
verb(of birds, mammals, reptiles, and arthropods) to shed (feathers, hair, skin, or cuticle) nounthe periodic process of moultingSee also ecdysis Derived forms of moultmoulter or US molter, nounWord Origin for moultC14 mouten, from Old English mūtian, as in bimūtian to exchange for, from Latin mūtāre to change Words nearby moultmouldy fig, moulin, Moulin Rouge, Moulins, Moulmein, moult, Moultrie, mound, moundbird, mound builder, mounding Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |