moulting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: moulting	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for moulting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moulting n periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles Synonym(s): molt, molting, moult, moulting, ecdysis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Molted} or {Moulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Molting} or {Moulting}.] [OE. mouten, L. mutare. See {Mew} to molt, and cf. {Mute}, v. t.] [The prevalent spelling is, perhaps, {moult}; but as the {u} has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as, bolt, colt, dolt, etc., it is desirable to complete the analogy by the spelling {molt}.] To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird. --Bacon.