moult
4 synonyms for moult, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The process by which an animal sheds its fur, feathers or skin.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
From Middle English mouten, from Old English *mutian (attested in bemutian, “to exchange for”), from Latin mūtō (“to (re)move, change, vary, mutate, exchange, abandon”). Doublet of mute and mutate. The unetymological ⟨l⟩ was introduced into the spelling by mistakenly assuming a French origin with -l- as in fault and va...
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