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“molted”
molt, moult (verb); molts, molted, molting; moults, moulted, moulting
To shed or lose feathers, hair, fur, skin, or horns periodically, especially seasonally: It is a fact that snakes molt in order to allow replacement of what is lost with new growth:
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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