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MOULTING

• MOULTING (noun)
The noun MOULTING has 1 sense:

1. periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles

Familiarity information: MOULTING used as a noun is very rare.

• MOULTING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

ecdysis; molt; molting; moult; moulting

Hypernyms ("moulting" is a kind of...):

shedding; sloughing (the process whereby something is shed)

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