Molt GRE Vocabulary Flashcard

Molt GRE Vocabulary Flashcard

/məʊlt/ (noun & verb)

Definition

(of birds and some animals especially reptiles) to lose or shed hair, skin or feathers periodically to grow new ones, desquamate, shed, defoliate, flake, scale, exuviate, peel, skin, slough – loss of skin, hair or feathers

Example

In biology, molting, also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body (often, but not always, an outer layer or covering), either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its life cycle.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/

Antonyms

grow

Parts of speech

Noun: molter

Noun: molting