moulty

M3O1U1L1T1Y4

adjective

Currently undergoing moulting; in the process of replacing old feathers for new ones.

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Meanings

adjectivemoulty (comparative moultier, superlative moultiest)

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

Origin

From moult + -y.

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APA

moulty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moulty

MLA

“moulty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moulty. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moulty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moulty.

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