molt

Example Sentences

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They spend most of their time diving for fish and squid in the deep seas between Alaska and Mexico but come to land to breed and molt.

From New York Times

The species is especially vulnerable to climate change because, like polar bears in the Arctic, they depend on sea ice for vital activities including breeding, feeding and molting, the researchers say.

From Washington Post

The species is especially vulnerable to climate change because, like polar bears in the Arctic, they depend on sea ice for vital activities including breeding, feeding, and molting, the researchers say.

From Seattle Times

Emerging into the post-quarantine sunlight, we hopefully have more to look forward to than two weeks to molt, mate and die.

From Washington Post

Instead, we are witnessing the end of a long molting process as the GOP slithers into its final form: a counter-majoritarian, fascist entity.

From Salon