单词 | molt |
释义 | molt I. or moult intransitive verb < birds molt once or twice a year > < a mature lobster molts … in the spring or early summer — Joe McCarthy > transitive verb 1. < molted its wing feathers — National Geographic > < the crab molts its shell > specifically < a spider, like a lobster, molts its covering as it grows — Eugene Kinkead > 2. < molt his old notions in a transition period > Synonyms: see discard II. or moult 1. < helps hens to lay right through the molt — Poultry Tribune > specifically 2. < bare ground … heavily besprinkled with the whitish aphid skins or molts — Journal of Agric. Research > — compare exuviae |
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