moult
The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etcThe process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.
» My budgie is moulting.
Mein Wellensittich ist in der Mauser. — PeterR
Мой попугайчик линяет. — Wezel
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2 sensesThe process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.
Some birds change colour during their winter moult.
Mauser, Häutung
ли́нькаlínʹka
periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.
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Origin
From Middle English mouten, from Old English *mutian (attested in bemutian, “to exchange fFrom Middle English mouten, from Old English *mutian (attested in bemutian, “to exchange for”), from Latin mūtō (“to (re)move, change, vary, mutate, exchange, abandon”). Doublet of mute and mutate. The unetymological ⟨l⟩ was introduced into the spelling by mistakenly assuming a French origin with -l- as in fault and vault; compare solder, which in contrast has an etymological ⟨l⟩ (from Latin solidāre, “to make solid“) but was historically pronounced without that grapheme's sound.
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