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1. (noun) molt, molting, moult, moulting, ecdysis
periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles

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1. (noun) ecdysis
the act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation

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