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Their scrawny swan moults rather than melts, scattering feathers as she reaches her big moment.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2017

A cicada moults for the last time before taking wing.

From Nature • May 29, 2013

After one or two moults they acquire seven pairs of branchiæ, or gills, which are generally in the form of leaves, one pair to the segment.

From On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by Lubbock, John, Sir

Occasionally the shell moults or peels, the outer part coming off in great flakes.

From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by Beebe, William

But my bird book says, feed a canary red pepper and he'll turn red, and stay so till next time he moults.

From Mrs. Tree by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe