Exuviae

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exuviae \Ex*u"vi*[ae]\, n. pl. [L., fr. exuere to draw out or
     off, to pull off.]
     1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Geol.) The fossil shells and other remains which animals
        have left in the strata of the earth.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exuviae
       n : cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during
           ecdysis