Found 6 hits - Term: molt, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
molt \molt\, obs.
imp. of melt. --chaucer. --spenser.
1913 webster molt
see also:
melt
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
molt \molt\, moult \moult\, v. i. imp. p. p. molted or
moulted; p. pr. vb. n. molting or moulting. oe.
mouten, l. mutare. see mew to molt, and cf. mute, v. t.
the prevalent spelling is, perhaps, moult; but as the u
has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as,
bolt, colt, dolt, etc., it is desirable to complete the
analogy by the spelling molt.
to shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like,
as an animal or a bird. --bacon.
1913 webster molt
see also:
molted moulted molting moulting mew mute
moult u molt
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
molt \molt\, moult \moult\, v. t.
to cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.
1913 webster molt
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
molt \molt\, moult \moult\, n.
the act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin,
etc.; molting.
1913 webster
- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
molt
n : periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer
skin in reptiles syn: molting, moult, moulting, ecdysis
v : cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every
spring" syn: shed, exuviate, moult, slough
see also:
molting moult moulting ecdysis shed exuviate
slough
- [6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
molt, mt
zip codes: 59057
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