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MOLTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does molter mean?
• MOLTER (noun)
The noun MOLTER has 1 sense:
1. an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair)
Familiarity information: MOLTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
molter; moulter
Hypernyms ("molter" is a kind of...):
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Derivation:
molt (cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers)
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