0 US spelling of moult UK --
1 (of a bird or animal) to lose feathers, skin, or hair as a natural process before a new growth of feathers, skin, or hair --
In the small intestine, they molt twice and become adult female worms.
After three to four months, pups molt to the color of adult females and subadults.
They molt several times in the following month and a half until they have reached adulthood.
Some species only defecate when they molt, leaving the feces behind with the shed cuticle.
I am sure that even molt can be done.
The good silver coinage will be molted down and will disappear, and your position will be worse than it was before.
These insects do not develop morphologically distinct larval and adult forms but rather undergo a series of molts in which earlier stages (nymphs) resemble miniature adults.
For example, imagine a bird that molts its feathers each year, then produces a new "generation" of feathers that is similar but not identical to the previous year's.
