exuviate
verb (used with or without object)
to cast off or shed (exuviae); molt.
exuviation
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a word derived from
exuviate.
Example Sentences
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These mutilations, however, are readily repaired; although, contrary to what was the common belief, the restoration takes place only at the next regular period of exuviation.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 by Robert Chambers
After the exuviation of the old spines, the new spines have their inverted basal portions drawn out from within the segments, and turned outside in, so as to assume their proper positions.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
This last shell of 12th September subsisted until 29th March, being 197 days, when it was thrown off during another exuviation.'
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 by Robert Chambers
It had, probably, undergone only one exuviation since its metamorphosis, for the larva is nearly as long, namely, 25/1000ths of an inch.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Like the integuments of the body, and unlike the valves of the capitulum, these calcified plates are thrown off at each exuviation.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
