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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exuviate \Ex*u"vi*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exuviated}, p. pr & vb n. {Exuviating}.][From {Exuviae}.] (Zo["o]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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exuviate v : cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; of animals [syn: {shed}, {molt}, {moult}, {slough}]
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