Molting
noun, verb
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A molt; the shedding of skin, feathers, etc.
- 2 periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of molt form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"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."