EXUVIATE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | ig'zoovee`eyt
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| Matching Terms: | | Exuviation
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [v] cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; of animals |
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| | Synonyms: | | molt, moult, shed, slough |
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| | See Also: | | cast, cast off, desquamate, drop, peel off, shake off, throw, throw away, throw off | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ex*u"vi*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exuviated}, p. pr.
& vb. n. {Exuviating}.][From {Exuviae}.] (Zo["o]l.)
To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on
a new one; to molt.
There is reason to suppose that very old crayfish do
not exuviate every year. --Huxley.
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