Definition of Exuveate
Ex*u"vi*ate (?), v. i. [imp. &
p. p. Exuviated, p. pr. & vb. n.
Exuviating.] (&?;) [From Exuviae.] (Zoöl.)
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To shed or cast off a covering; slough.
- To shed exuviae; molt, moult.
- The act of exuviating.
- The exuviated coverings; exuviae.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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