Definition of Molts

1. Noun. (plural of molt) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of molt) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Molts

1. molt [v] - See also: molt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Molts

molrac
molracs
mols
molsidomine
molt
moltable
molted
molten
molten lava cake
moltenly
molteno implants
molter
molters
molting
molto
molts (current term)
molucca balm
moluranite
moly
molybdate
molybdates
molybdena
molybdenic
molybdeniferous
molybdenite
molybdenites
molybdenous
molybdenum
molybdenum-99
molybdenum-iron protein aldehyde oxidoreductase

Literary usage of Molts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The number of postembryonic molts.—A very wide range of variation exists as to number of molts undergone by insects after they leave the egg-shell. ..."

2. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Chapter 9 molts and Plumages in the Annual Cycle of the Marbled Murrelet Harry ... The timing of pre- basic and pre-alternate molts were closely related to ..."

3. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"Corroborative observations of the kind indicated are to be desired and until we have them we can not speak with confidence about the number of molts of any ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Eyelike spots on certain caterpillars have been observed to be gradually formed at successive molts from what were originally continuous lines or stripes. ..."

5. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"It molts at 114°, and solidifies on cooling to a resinous mass, which gradually becomes crystalline. When heated in a tube, it sublimes in oily drops. ..."

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