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Moulting

In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is a process by which an animal casts off parts of its body to serve some beneficial purpose, either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its life cycle.

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Moulting

Nodes76
Edges75
Triples32
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026316
Components1

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Moulting

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related to In arthropods · 7
Moulting → Ecdysis, In, Most Arthropoda, Ovalipes, The, This, While
related to In birds · 7
Moulting → Adult, Feathers, In, It, Some, The, While
related to External links · 5
Moulting → Archived, Chicken, PigeonsCrayfish Moulting Video, Wayback Machine, YouTubeMoulting
related to In reptiles and amphibians · 4
Moulting → At, Squamates, The, This
related to Gallery · 3
Moulting → Caelifera, European, Tiliqua
related to In guinea pigs, hamsters and rabbits · 3
Moulting → In, Most, The
is a · 2
Moulting → periodic replacement of feathers by shedding old feathers while producing new ones, shedding of the exoskeleton

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feathers moult birds skin process shedding body also shed ecdysis exoskeleton may times arthropods one called many time known parts

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Moultingis aperiodic replacement of feathers by shedding old feathers while producing new ones0.90text
Moultingis ashedding of the exoskeleton0.90text
stable hydrogen isotopeinstance ofThe evolutionary and ecological forces driving moult can also be investigated using intrinsic markers0.80text
Moultingrelated to External linksPigeonsCrayfish Moulting Video0.60section
Moultingrelated to External linksYouTubeMoulting0.60section
Moultingrelated to External linksChicken0.60section
Moultingrelated to External linksArchived0.60section
Moultingrelated to External linksWayback Machine0.60section
Moultingrelated to GalleryEuropean0.60section
Moultingrelated to GalleryCaelifera0.60section
Moultingrelated to GalleryTiliqua0.60section
Moultingrelated to In arthropodsIn0.60section

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