But after the first or the second moult, definite wing-rudiments are visible in the form of outgrowths on the corners of the second and third thoracic segments.
Source: tatoeba (10986401)
Moult
//moʊlt//
Synonyms for "moult" (11 found)
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Translations
93 translations across 27 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tüləmək verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сменям си перата verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 換毛 /换毛 noun (process)
- 換羽 /换羽 noun (process)
- 退毛 noun (process)
- 換毛 /换毛 verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
Czech
4 entries- línání noun (process)
- pelichání noun (process)
- přepeření noun (process)
- svlečka noun (skin or feathers cast off)
Dutch
4 entries- rui noun (process)
- muiten verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
- ruien verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
- verharen verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
Finnish
4 entries- karvanlähtö noun (process)
- luotu nahka noun (skin or feathers cast off)
- nahanluonti noun (process)
- sulkasato noun (process)
French
4 entries- mue noun (process)
- mue noun (skin or feathers cast off)
- muer verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
- muer verb (to shed in such a manner (transitive form))
Galician
4 entries- muda noun (process)
- muda noun (skin or feathers cast off)
- esplumar verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
- mudar verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
German
4 entries- Häutung noun (process)
- Mauser noun (process)
- häuten verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
- mausern verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
Hungarian
3 entries- tollhullatás noun (process)
- vedlés noun (process)
- vedlik verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
Icelandic
4 entries- fjaðrafellir noun (skin or feathers cast off)
- hamskipti noun (skin or feathers cast off)
- fara úr hárum verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
- fella fjaðrir verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
Indonesian
1 entries- pergantian kulit noun (process)
Italian
4 entries- muda noun (process)
- muta noun (process)
- fare la muta verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
- mutare verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
Japanese
4 entries- 抜け替わり noun (process)
- 蛻 noun (skin or feathers cast off)
- 抜け替わる verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
- 生え変わる verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
Kalmyk
1 entries- хагз noun (process)
Korean
1 entries- 허물을 벗다 noun (process)
Malayalam
1 entries- പടം noun (skin or feathers cast off)
Māori
3 entries- turukitanga noun (process)
- turuki verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
- whakamāunu verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- røyta verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
Portuguese
2 entries- muda noun (process)
- mudar verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
Romanian
2 entries- năpârlire noun (process)
- năpârli verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
Russian
2 entries- ли́нька noun (process)
- линя́ть verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
Slovene
1 entries- leviti verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
Southern Altai
1 entries- тӱлеер verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
Spanish
4 entries- muda noun (process)
- mudamiento (disused) noun (process)
- caérsele verb (to shed in such a manner (transitive form))
- desprender verb (to shed in such a manner (transitive form))
Swedish
4 entries- ruggning noun (process)
- ömsning noun (process)
- rugga verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
- rugga verb (to shed in such a manner (transitive form))
Turkish
4 entries- deri değiştirmek verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
- gömlek değiştirmek verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
- tülemek verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
- tüy dökmek verb (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Some birds change colour during their winter moult.
Source: wiktionary
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