'Exuviate' definitions:

Definition of 'exuviate'

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verb
Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring" [syn: shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough]

Definition of 'Exuviate'

From: GCIDE
  • Exuviate \Ex*u"vi*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exuviated, p. pr. & vb. n. Exuviating.][From Exuviae.] (Zo["o]l.) To she [1913 Webster]d 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. [1913 Webster]

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