Molting

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A molt; the shedding of skin, feathers, etc.
  2. 2
    periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of molt form-of, gerund, participle, present

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ecdysismoltmoltmoultmoultingstriptease

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"Groups of excursionists, arrayed in unattractive traveling costumes, were moping about in a drizzling rain and looking as droopy and woebegone as so many molting chickens."

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