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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 ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,174 views/month).[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 ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,174 views/month).[1] moulting has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] moulting is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d 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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