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Moult (disambiguation)

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

  • Moulting, the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body (often, but not always, an outer layer or covering)
    • Ecdysis, the shedding of the exoskeleton in arthropods and other invertebrates
  • Exuvia, the old skeleton shed during ecdysis
  • Moult, Calvados, a French town

Surname

  • Ted Moult (1926–1986), British farmer who became a radio and television personality
  • Thomas Moult (1893–1974), versatile English journalist and writer and one of the Georgian poets