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 

• MOLTER (noun)

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)