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   moult

   /məʊlt/

   verb

   • 1. (of an animal) shed old feathers, hair, or skin to make way for a new growth: "the adult birds were already moulting"
   • ▪ (of hair or feathers) fall out to make way for new growth: "the last of his juvenile plumage had moulted"

   noun

   • 1. a loss of feathers, hair, or skin, especially as a regular feature of an animal's life cycle: "the mountain goat is brilliant white after the autumn moult"

   Word Origin Middle Englishmoute, from an Old English verb based on Latin mutare ‘to change’. For the intrusive -l-, compare with words such as fault.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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