PREALTERNATE MOLT


Meaning of PREALTERNATE MOLT in English

/pree awl"teuhr nit/ , Ornith.

the molt by which many birds replace only some and rarely all of the feathers assumed at the prebasic molt, usually occurring prior to breeding.

[ PRE- + ALTERNATE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .