D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

molting

· IPA /mˈoʊltɪŋ/
01 n. The act or process by which an animal molts; especially, the periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles, …
  1. 1.
    The act or process by which an animal molts; especially, the periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles, or feathers in birds.