What does "molted" mean?

simple past and past participle of molt

What is a synonym for "molted"?

Common synonyms include: cast off, discard, exuviated, shed, slough off, sloughed.

Molted

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Verb

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simple past and past participle of molt form-of, participle, past

Synonyms

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cast off discard exuviated shed slough off sloughed

Antonyms

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intact keep preserve retain

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"Like arthropods today, trilobites molted as they grew, shedding their old exoskeleton. These molts could fossilize, so one animal could leave several different sized fossils behind."

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