Molt
English Meaning
To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird.
- To shed periodically part or all of a coat or an outer covering, such as feathers, cuticle, or skin, which is then replaced by a new growth.
- To shed or cast off (a bodily covering).
- The act or process of molting.
- The material cast off during molting.