Moulting is the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body (usually an outer layer or covering).

Moult or molt may also refer to:

Biology

  • Ecdysis, the shedding of the exoskeleton in arthropods and other invertebrates
  • Exuvia, the old skeleton shed during ecdysis
  • MOLT-4, a human cancer cell line

People

  • Ailill Molt, (died c. 482), High King of Ireland
  • Emil Molt (1876–1936), German industrialist, social reformer and anthroposophist
  • Molt Taylor (1912–1995), American aeronautical engineer
  • Theodore Frederic Molt (1795–1856), German-born music teacher, composer and organist
  • Daniel Moult (born 1973), English organist and educator
  • Louis Moult (born 1992), English footballer
  • Philippe Le Molt (18951976), French painter
  • Roger Moult (born 1963), South African cricketer
  • Ted Moult (1926–1986), British farmer who became a radio and television personality
  • Thomas Moult (1893–1974), English journalist and writer, and one of the Georgian poets

Places

Fictional characters

See also

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