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moult /ˈmolt/
換毛,脫毛(vt.)(vi.)脫毛,換毛
Molt, Moult v. i. [imp. & p. p. Molted or Moulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Molting or Moulting.] [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.
Molt, Moult, v. t. To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.
Molt, Moult, n. The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.
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moult
n : periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer
skin in reptiles [syn: molt, molting, moulting, ecdysis]
v : cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every
Spring" [syn: shed, molt, exuviate, slough]