• vi. 脫毛；換毛
• n. 換毛；脫皮；換毛期
• vt. 脫毛；換毛
• n. (Molt)人名；(德、捷)莫爾特

來自拉丁語mutare,改變，詞源同mutate,mutable.后引申詞義換羽，插入字母l可能是緩和語音需要，或受到mold,fault等詞的影響。

molt (v.)

also moult, mid-14c., mouten, of feathers, "to be shed," from Old English *mutian "to change" (in bemutian "to exchange"), from Latin mutare "to change" (see mutable). Transitive sense, of birds, "to shed feathers" is first attested 1520s. With parasitic -l-, late 16c., on model of fault, etc. Related: Molted, moulted; molting, moulting. As a noun from 1815.

1. Molt - inhibiting hormone ( MIH ) is a member of CHH ( crustacean hyperglycemic hormone ) family.

蛻皮抑制激素 ( molt -inhibitinghormone, MIH ) 屬甲殼動物高血糖激素 ( crustaceanhyperglycemichormone,CHH ) 家族.

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2. Finches start to molt at around twelve weeks of age.

燕雀大約在12個星期大小的時候開始換羽毛。

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3. This veterinary product is very effective in preventing animal molt.

這種獸藥對于防治獸類掉毛很有效.

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4. Like all crustaceans, krill must molt in order to grow.

象所有甲殼綱, 磷蝦必須蛻變為了增長.

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5. They molt carapaces , I molt old body.

他們換殼, 我換身體.

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