moult|moulted|moulting|moults in English

verb

[məʊlt]

shed periodically (horn, skin, feathers, etc.) to make way for new growth (also molt)

Use "moult|moulted|moulting|moults" in a sentence

1. These plates are not moulted; however, like all ecdysozoans, the barnacle itself will still moult its cuticle.

2. The coat is moulted just once a year.

3. No, he had been moulting, like a bird.

4. As they grow they moult several times.

5. A conceited crow decked herself with the moulted feathers of the handsome peacock.

6. Moulting usually takes place in the protected moist environment of their burrows.

7. One day she carried a tall moulting sunflower into the Staff Room.

8. Wouldn't it be all tight to moult tight here?

9. Survival and growth of Brachyuran crabs, particularly during moulting, is temperature dependent

10. Finches start to moult at around twelve weeks of age.

11. It feeds soon after each moult, which is essential for hardening the integument.

12. The course of the moult is modelled using a logistic regression analysis.

13. Analoga moult into the megalopae 130 days after hatching (Efford, 1970)

14. Rather than moulting their central tail feathers first, as most birds do, they retain these feathers until last.

15. In northern India, these begin to develop each February and are moulted at the end of August.

16. Tail feathers were moulted in sequence of 1-6-3-4-2-5 and showed a predominantly transilient alternation.

17. Mature Christmas Island red crabs probably moult only onceayear, as their growth rate slows.

18. Periodically, they moult their thin transparent skins, changing shape as they do so.

19. After marching over one or two barriers the hoppers absorb enough product to die while moulting.

20. Those of adults will be of various lengths and levels of wear, since each is moulted at a different time.

21. Eleven families of birds, including loons, grebes and most waterfowl, have this moult strategy.

22. More horses and suddenly we are in the middle of a herd of camels with moulting coats.

23. This fear was not groundless for he himself had really seen it happen to other moulting crabs.

24. Possibly they are birds which have failed to breed successfully and have assembled here to moult.

25. 13 The larva moults to give rise to the four-legged nymph, which, after five more days(Sentencedict.com), becomes the adult mite.