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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Molting
Synonyms for "molting" (19 found)
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Related words (9)
Noun(8 words)
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More general
13 entriesbiological processdevelopmental processexoskeletonfigurative languagegrowth cyclegrowth processlife cycle stagelinguistic metaphorphenologyseasonal cyclesheddingskinsloughing
More specific
16 entriesautumn moltcast skinexoskeleton moltexoskeleton sheddingexuviafeather moltlarval moltmetaphorical moltorganizational moltpostnuptial moltprebasic moltpsychological moltseasonal moltskin moltspring moltwing molt
Collocations
11 entriesecdysial moltexoskeleton moltfeather moltmolt cyclemolting cyclemolting processmolting seasonpostnuptial moltseasonal moltskin moltspring molt
Inflections
6 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
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