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Meanings of moult in English

Catalan
muda
Spanish
muda

Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles.

        muda
        Portuguese
        desplumar
        Catalan
        canviar
        Spanish
        cambiar

        Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.

              desplumar
              Usage of moult in English
              1
              The next moult began in September, and in November was well advanced.
              Hormones and Heredity / A Discussion of the Evolution of Adaptat...
              2
              Dekko is very quiet; he is either apprehensive or going to moult.
              The Hawk of Egypt
              3
              The degree of calcification is predicted to change during the moult cycle.
              Pubmed
              4
              Of course, they grow and moult until they arrive at the adult form.
              The Insect Folk
              5
              The moult is effected in this lounge of intersecting threads.
              The Life of the Spider
              6
              In time she will moult her feathers, and I shall see her snow-white form.
              Dreams
              7
              Just before the last moult it stops sucking out sap.
              The Insect Folk
              8
              When the potato begins to moult it is a sign the stew is nearly done.
              Skiddoo!
              9
              When the potato begins to moult it is a sign the stew is getting done.
              The Silly Syclopedia / A Terrible Thing in the Form of a Literar...
              10
              Just before the moult, when the feathers begin to loosen, they may be plucked again.
              One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered
              11
              But they eat and grow and moult like other larvæ until they are full-growninsects.
              The Insect Folk
              12
              All birds moult their feathers, you know, every winter, and others grow in their place.
              The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
              13
              The crabs congregate offshore in mounds to moult, grow larger shells, and mate in autumn.
              The Irish Times
              14
              They moult from January through to March and stay in their burrows for protection, he said.
              Radio NZ
              15
              The larvae will moult many times (on an average five) to become a pupa.
              Free from School
              16
              An Emperor penguin was found on the Cape well advanced in moult, a good specimen skin.
              Scott's Last Expedition, Volume I / Being the journals of Captai...
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              Moult through the time
              Moult across language varieties
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