Definition of "moulted" [moulted]

• Simple past tense and past participle of moult. (verb)

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• "All crustaceans are enclosed in a protective exoskeleton made of chitin, which must be shed (or "moulted") to accommodate growth."
• "Somehow our napkins had moulted lapfuls of lint all over our Very Important Meeting outfits."
• "Unlike the exoskeleton of a regular crustacean, it is never moulted."