| The word itself derives from the royal stables at Charing Cross in London built on the site where the royal hawks were once moulted or mewed. |
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| Unlike other petrels, the flight feathers of diving petrels are moulted simultaneously, leaving the birds flightless while they grow back. |
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| The fur of a recently moulted crabeater seal exhibits a rich shimmering of light and dark grey hues. |
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| Only the moulted chiru wool was used in the weaving of shahtoosh. |
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| The crustacean body is protected by the hard exoskeleton, which must be moulted for the animal to grow. |
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| Their moulted exoskeletons, faecal pellets, and respiration at depth all bring carbon to the deep sea. |
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| Only a proportion of the flight feathers are moulted each year. |
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