molt

English Thesaurus

1. periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles (noun.process)

hypernym	:	shedding, sloughing,
definition	:	the process whereby something is shed (noun.process)

2. cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers (verb.body)

hypernym	:	cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off,
definition	:	get rid of (verb.contact)

hyponym	:	desquamate, peel off,
definition	:	peel off in scales (verb.body)

3. periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles (noun.process)

derivation	:	exuviate, molt, moult, shed, slough,
definition	:	cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers (verb.body)

4. cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers (verb.body)

derivation	:	molter, moulter,
definition	:	an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) (noun.animal)

derivation	:	slough,
definition	:	any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake) (noun.object)

derivation	:	ecdysis, molt, molting, moult, moulting,
definition	:	periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles (noun.process)

derivation	:	shedding, sloughing,
definition	:	the process whereby something is shed (noun.process)

5. periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles (noun.process)

derivation	:	exuviate, molt, moult, shed, slough,
definition	:	cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers (verb.body)

6. cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers (verb.body)

derivation	:	molter, moulter,
definition	:	an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) (noun.animal)

derivation	:	slough,
definition	:	any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake) (noun.object)

derivation	:	ecdysis, molt, molting, moult, moulting,
definition	:	periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles (noun.process)

derivation	:	shedding, sloughing,
definition	:	the process whereby something is shed (noun.process)