different between molt vs holaspis

English

Etymology 1

Verb

molt (third-person singular simple present molts, present participle molting, simple past and past participle molted)

1. US standard spelling of moult.

Noun

molt (plural molts)

1. US standard spelling of moult.

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “molt”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language

Etymology 2

Verb

molt

1. (rare) simple past tense of melt

Anagrams

• LMTO

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin multus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?molt/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?mol/

Adjective

molt (feminine molta, masculine plural molts, feminine plural moltes)

1. much, many

   Synonym: força

   Antonym: poc

Derived terms

Adverb

molt

1. very

   Synonym: força

   Antonyms: gaire, gens, poc, una mica

Noun

molt m (uncountable)

1. a lot, a great deal, a large amount

   Antonyms: poc, una mica

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?m?lt/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?m?l/

Verb

molt m (feminine molta, masculine plural molts, feminine plural moltes)

1. (2016 spelling reform) Alternative spelling of mòlt (“ground”)

Further reading

• “molt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “molt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “molt” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish molt (“wether”), from Proto-Celtic *molto- (“sheep”) (compare Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-).

Noun

molt m (genitive singular moilt, nominative plural moilt)

1. wether
2. (figuratively) sulky, morose person

Declension

Mutation

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin multum (adverb), neuter of multus.

Adjective

molt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular molte)

1. much; many; a lot of

Declension

Adverb

molt (invariable)

1. very, a lot, a great deal

Synonyms

• (adjective): maint
• (adverb): maint, biau cop

Descendants

• French: moult

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (molt)
• mut on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *moltos (“sheep”) (compare Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-, source of French mouton).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mol?t/

Noun

molt m (genitive muilt, nominative plural muilt)

1. ram, wether

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Irish: molt
• Manx: mohlt
• Scottish Gaelic: mult

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “molt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

molt m

1. Alternative form of mult

English

Etymology

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Noun

holaspis (plural holaspides)

1. (paleontology, zoology) A stage in the development of a trilobite at which the creature has gained its adult segmentation, but continues to molt and grow.
   • 2001, Jonathan M. Adrain, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Bruce S. Lieberman (editors), Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form: An Analytical Approach, page 46,

     A similar situation may also characterize S. wenlockiana, a species with six segments in holaspis, the smallest holaspids of which have similar glabellar lengths to those of the sixth degree meraspis of A. konincki.

   • 2008, Xuejian Zhu, Shanchi Peng, Jingxun Zuo, Revision an Ventral Structure of Guangxiaspis guangxiensis Zhou, 1977 (Trilobita), Isabel Rábano, Rodolfo Gozalo, Diego García-Bellido Capdevila (editors), Advances in Trilobite Research, page 444,

     The pygidial spines are stout and direct outward in the early holaspis (Fig. 2, A-B, F), but become slender and direct inward in the late holaspis (Fig. 2, D, E).

   • 2009, Michael J. Benton, David A. T. Harper, Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record, page 366,

     The holaspis stage has a full complement of thoracic segments for the species but growth continues through further molts and maturity may not be reached until some time after the holaspis stage was reached.

Related terms

• holaspid

See also

• meraspis
• protaspis

References

• 2007, S. M. Gon III, "Trilobite Reproduction and Development"

Anagrams

• haplosis