Molt

imp.	1.	imp. of Melt.
v. i.	1.	To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird. [imp. & p. p. Molted or Moulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Molting or Moulting.]
v. t.	1.	To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.
n.	1.	The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.

Noun	1.	molt - periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles Synonyms: ecdysis, molting, moult, moulting
Verb	1.	molt - cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every Spring" Synonyms: exuviate, moult, slough, shed

cast, cast off, desquamate, drop, ecdysis, exuviate, molter, molting, moult, moulter, moulting, peel off, shake off, shed, slough, throw, throw away, throw off