shedders
Animals losing coats
Shedders are things that shed—animals losing fur or skin, people losing hair, or anything casting off material.
Pet owners distinguish between heavy shedders like huskies and low shedders like poodles: We need a dog that's not a shedder because of allergies.
In crabbing, a shedder is a crab about to molt its shell, prized for becoming soft-shell crab.
Animal body hair
- danderMicroscopic shed skin
- hairFibrous scalp covering
- coatOuter garment or layer
- pelageMammal's fur collectively
undercoat · wool · feathers · down · quills · bristles · mane · scales
fur
Animal body hair
pelage · undercoat · wool · feathers · down · quills · bristles · mane · scales · skin
lobster
Large marine shellfish
softshell · molting · carapace · claws · shell · peeler · buster · hardening · blue crab · crustacean
molt
Shed outer covering
- sloughingDiscarding dead outer layers
- carapaceProtective dorsal exoskeleton
- chitinArthropod shell polymer
husk · exoskeleton · castoff · cuticle · instar · chrysalis · cocoon · metamorphosis
- lobster fishinglobster traps, lobster pots, lobster boats, lobster season, lobster tanks