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Definition of Molted
1. molt [v] - See also: molt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Molted
Literary usage of Molted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1917)
"They would rise out of the grass to leeward and fly against the wind, alighting
with a perceptible momentum. into the house, nearly all molted on the ..."
2. The Gypsy Moth: Porthetria Dispar (Linn.). A Report of the Work of by Edward Howe Forbush, Charles Henry Fernald, Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture (1896)
"The males molted five times and the females six times. ... Of this lot, seven
females molted five times, one female molted four times and four males molted ..."
3. General Foundry Practice by Andrew McWilliam, Percy Longmuir (1907)
"The requisite amount of iron being molted, it is transferred to the converter
and .skimmed clean of slag. The position of the converter is then adjusted so ..."
4. The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events (1866)
"And bi и further molted. That considerations of expediency are in harmony with
the requirements of the Constitution and the dictates of justice and reason, ..."
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