Moult (disambiguation)

Moult (disambiguation)

Moult or molt (see spelling differences) can have several meanings:

  • Moult, the loss of a mammal's fur, a bird's feathers or a reptile's skin
  • Ecdysis, the shedding of the exoskeleton in arthropods and other invertebrates
  • Exuvia, the old skeleton shed during ecdysis
  • Moult, Calvados, a French town

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