molter vs animate being

molter and animate being both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
molter	Yes	No	No	No
animate being	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, animate being is a hypernym of molter; that is, animate being is a word with a broader meaning than molter:

molter: an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair)
animate being: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Other hypernyms of molter include animal, beast, brute, creature, fauna.

molter (noun)	animate being (noun)
an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair)	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement