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Meanings of moult in English
Usage of moult in English
1
The next moult began in September, and in November was well advanced.
2
Dekko is very quiet; he is either apprehensive or going to moult.
3
The degree of calcification is predicted to change during the moult cycle.
4
Of course, they grow and moult until they arrive at the adult form.
5
The moult is effected in this lounge of intersecting threads.
6
In time she will moult her feathers, and I shall see her snow-white form.
7
Just before the last moult it stops sucking out sap.
8
When the potato begins to moult it is a sign the stew is nearly done.
9
When the potato begins to moult it is a sign the stew is getting done.
10
Just before the moult, when the feathers begin to loosen, they may be plucked again.
11
But they eat and grow and moult like other larvæ until they are full-growninsects.
12
All birds moult their feathers, you know, every winter, and others grow in their place.
13
The crabs congregate offshore in mounds to moult, grow larger shells, and mate in autumn.
14
They moult from January through to March and stay in their burrows for protection, he said.
15
The larvae will moult many times (on an average five) to become a pupa.
16
An Emperor penguin was found on the Cape well advanced in moult, a good specimen skin.
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