also moult, mid-14c., mouten, of feathers, "to be shed," from Old English *mutian "to change" (in bemutian "to exchange"), from Latin mutare "to change" (see mutable). Transitive sense, of birds, "to shed feathers" is first attested 1520s. With parasitic -l-, late 16c., on model of fault, etc. Related: Molted, moulted; molting, moulting. As a noun from 1815.
例文
1. Molt - inhibiting hormone ( MIH ) is a member of CHH ( crustacean hyperglycemic hormone ) family.
脱皮抑制ホルモン( molt ?inhibitinghormone,MIH)は甲殻動物高血糖ホルモン(crustaceanhyperglycemichormone,CHH)ファミリーに属する。
2.Finches start to molt at around twelve weeks of age.
燕雀は約12週間の大きさで羽を交換し始めた。
3.This veterinary product is very effective in preventing animal molt .
この獣薬は獣の抜け毛の予防に有効である。
4.Like all crustaceans,krill must molt in order to grow.