molting

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noun

periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
• Syn:
molt, moult, moulting, ecdysis
• Derivationally related forms:
moult (for: moulting), moult (for: moult), molt, molt (for: molt)
• Hypernyms:
shedding, sloughing