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moulty

moulty adjective: currently undergoing moulting; in the process of replacing old feathers for new ones.

Adjective

moulty (comparative moultier, superlative moultiest)

  1. Currently undergoing moulting; in the process of replacing old feathers for new ones.
    • I also worked very hard one evening in Seahouses harbour with an ‘Iceland Gull’ with ‘biscuit coloured’ primaries and a black bill - in mid-August! No doubt a moulty old Herring Gull.1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 113

Forms of moulty

comparativemoultier
superlativemoultiest

Origin of moulty

From moult + -y.

Questions about moulty

What does moulty mean?
Moulty means currently undergoing moulting; in the process of replacing old feathers for new ones.
What part of speech is moulty?
Moulty is an adjective.

Words near moulty in the dictionary

  1. Moultrie County
  2. Moultries
  3. Moultry
  4. Moultrys
  5. moults
  6. moulty
  7. moumouvirus
  8. moumouviruses
  9. mounanaite
  10. Mounce
  11. Mounces

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