Definition of "moults" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moult. (verb)

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• "Thus in the life-story of an insect or other arthropod, such as a lobster, a spider, or a centipede, there must be a succession of cuticle-castings -- 'moults' or _ecdyses_ as they are often called."
• "The tobacco hornworm normally moults five times and then wanders down from its plant to the ground."
• "As the worm grows it moults, sloughing off the outer layer."