exuviate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: exuviate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for exuviate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exuviate v cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring" Synonym(s): shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exuviate \Exu"viate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exuviated}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Exuviating}.][From {Exuviae}.] (Zo[94]l.) 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.