From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Molted} or {Moulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Molting} or {Moulting}.] [OE. mouten, L. mutare. See {Mew} to molt, and cf. {Mute}, verb (used with an object)] [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
molting \molting\ 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, or feathers in birds.
Syn: molt, moult, moulting, ecdysis. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles [syn: {molt}, {moult}, {moulting}, {ecdysis}]
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