'Exuviae' definitions:
Definition of 'exuviae'
(from WordNet)
noun
Cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis
Definition of 'Exuviae'
From: GCIDE
- Exuviae \Ex*u"vi*[ae]\, n. pl. [L., fr. exuere to draw out or off, to pull off.]
- 1. (Zo["o]l.) Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Geol.) The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth. [1913 Webster]