n.
Capability of shedding the skin periodically.
a.
Capable of being cast off in the form of exuviae.
n. pl.
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.
n. pl.
The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth.
a.
Of or pertaining to exuviae.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Exuviate
v. i.
To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.
n.
The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis.
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