molted; molting; molts
Definition of molt
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: to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically
Birds molt once or twice a year.
: to cast off (an outer covering) periodically
specifically
: to throw off (the old cuticle (see cuticle sense 1))
—used of arthropods a spider, like a lobster, molts its covering as it grows — Eugene Kinkead
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