Exuviation

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

  Exuviation \Ex*u`vi*a"tion\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
     The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly,
     the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans,
     skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis.
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