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luoda nahkansa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • exuviate verb To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).
  • moult noun The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.
  • slough noun The old skin shed by a snake, or dead tissue that separates from a wound.

Senses

luoda nahkansa is used for these senses in English:

  • exuviate (ambitransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).
  • moult (intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.
  • slough (transitive) To shed skin or outer layers.

moult — full definition

  1. noun The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.
  2. noun The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.

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