Crossword clues for moulted
moulted
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: moult)
Usage examples of "moulted".
Tiny arid flakes moulted from the roof, resembling a sleet of miniature autumn leaves as they scattered over the grass below.
The nulltherm foam coating its girders and tanks crisped to black and moulted away.
She was a huge beast, newly moulted, for her chintyl armoured covering was a lustrous coppery colour and the long hairs that covered her abdomen and legs were burnished like newly spun gold wire.
They had entered the gregarious phase of the life cycle, and when at last they moulted fox the last time and their newly-fledged wings had dried, the entire swarm took spontaneously to the air.