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moulting

process by which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body
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moulting

Summary

moulting has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • moulting is a type of biological process[2].
  • moulting's Commons category is recorded as Moult[3].
  • moulting's said to be the same as is recorded as Q12846774[4].
  • moulting's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5].
  • moulting's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • moulting's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[7].
  • moulting's different from is recorded as muda[8].
  • moulting's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9].

Body

Definition and Type

moulting is a type of biological process[2].

Why It Matters

moulting has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] moulting is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → molting
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: molting, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289943544|molting (#289943544)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 6d ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C5970
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C5970, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 4w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q292726
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q292726, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  4. 12w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of → biological process
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → muda
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541012205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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