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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Exuviate

· Ex·u·vi·ate · IPA /ɛkˈsuː.vɪ.eɪt/
01 v. i. To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.
imp. & p. p. Exuviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exuviating
  1. 1.
    To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.(Zoöl.)
    “There is reason to suppose that very old crayfish do not exuviate every year.” Huxley.