A.shed the feathers, moult, Ar.Av.106, Pl.Phdr.246c, Com.Adesp.172, Arist.HA 564a32, 600a23: metaph., to be plucked, fleeced, plundered, Ar.Av. 284; “π. τὸν πλοῦτον” Philostr.VA6.36 (πτερορροεῖν is interpol. in Arist.GA783b17).
πτερο-ρρυ^έω , (ῥέω)