Molting

Word MOLTING
Character 7
Hyphenation molting
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Molting"

What do we mean by molting?

A molt; the shedding of skin, feathers, etc.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Molting

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The word "molting" in example sentences

Ecdysone therefore is sometimes called molting hormone. ❋ Asimov, Isaac (1963)

Once a year, for the duration of their lives, penguins lose and replace every single feather on their bodies in a process called molting. ❋ Dyan DeNapoli (2010)

This process of casting off the old skin is called molting, and is repeated four times during the one, two, three or more weeks of larval life. ❋ Rennie Wilbur Doane (N/A)

Soft shell crabs are crabs that are molting, which is when the hard shell of the crab grows about 30 percent. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's called molting and it is very important. is becoming a very common bird in our area. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They seem to keep molting, meaning they're most likely growing. ❋ Badger (2005)

Faced with few alternatives to reduce the oppressive debt burden incurred through the 2008 Fording Coal acquisition, Teck continues to slough off gold assets like some kind of molting serpent. ❋ Unknown (2009)

From seeing the need for general digital publishing, to changing the business to focus on a gap in the ecology, to expanding outwards to the creation of standalone software and a retail channel, to the building of a document business, and now to the building of a universal media-application platform ... each "molting" of the business required a clear commitment to the next generation of growth ... betting big on that inevitability which cannot yet be proven. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The same old gags are still in play — the pratfalls, the collisions, the sneaky acts of sabotage, the blindingly blond wigs of the danseurs nobles, the molting feathers of the Dying Swan. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Fossil groupings of up to 1000 trilobites suggest they were social creatures, at least while molting. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Like a molting snake, his skin flaked away, and he absently scratched at it. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"But it's too hot to be the Raven tonight, so I'm molting." ❋ Marshall Heyman (2010)

Under pressure from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, McDonald's in 2000 got its egg suppliers to stop "forced molting," in which hens near the end of their productive life are deprived of food to jolt them into laying more eggs. ❋ Bill Tomson (2012)

June's event is expected to be smaller, with a prize fund of about $300,000, as it takes place during the molting season, when birds shed their feathers. ❋ Ted Lerner (2011)

Also, she was the only person onstage who didn't look like she was in danger of molting. ❋ Allison Stewart (2011)

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