Что (кто) такое Moult - определение

PROCESS BY WHICH AN ANIMAL ROUTINELY CASTS OFF A PART OF ITS BODY

Molting; Molt; Shedding (biology); Shedding of the skin; Sloughing; Deplumation; Moult; Moulted; Moulting (birds); Draft:Moulting (birds)

moult

I. v. n.

Shed feathers, hair, etc, mew, mue.

II. v. a.

Shed (feathers, hair, etc.), mew.

moult

(US molt)

¦ verb (of an animal) shed old feathers, hair, or skin, to make way for a new growth.

¦ noun a period of moulting.

Origin

ME moute, from an OE verb based on L. mutare 'to change'.

Moult

·v & ·noun ·see Molt.

II. Moult ·noun The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, ·etc.; molting.

III. Moult ·vt To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to Shed.

IV. Moult ·vt To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird.

Википедия

Moulting

In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body (often, but not always, an outer layer or covering), either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its life cycle.

In medieval times it was also known as "mewing" (from the French verb "muer", to moult), a term that lives on in the name of Britain's Royal Mews where the King's hawks used to be kept during moulting time before becoming horse stables after Tudor times.

Moulting can involve shedding the epidermis (skin), pelage (hair, feathers, fur, wool), or other external layer. In some groups, other body parts may be shed, for example, the entire exoskeleton in arthropods, including the wings in some insects.

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Примеры употребления для Moult

1. My mother thought that Ted Moult was such a nice man, and why didnt I have a haircut?

2. Seals moult within two or three weeks of birth, and the federal government says that by then they are weaned and independent, and so fair game.

3. Last month the same Sun reporter, Julie Moult, revealed the salaries of a host of EastEnders‘ stars, including Barbara Windsor‘s and Steve McFadden‘s 360,000 pay packets, and Dot Cotton actor June Brown‘s 370,000 salary.

4. But on the whole I prefer my companions not to stink, salivate, shake mud on me, lick my face, sniff me in intimate places, moult over my knitwear, jump and bark at me, lick their balls and defecate in my line of vision.

5. Just 36 Glen of Imaal puppies were born last year But they can make good pets – described as a "big dog in a small dog‘s body". "Their coats come in wheat, red and blue brindle and they don‘t moult," said Mrs Withers.