Exuviate

2 definitions found

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

  Exuviate \Ex*u"vi*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exuviated}, p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Exuviating}.][From {Exuviae}.] (Zo["o]l.)
     To she
     [1913 Webster]d 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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exuviate
       v : cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every
           Spring" [syn: {shed}, {molt}, {moult}, {slough}]