exuviate

2 definitions found

exuviate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

exuviate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  exuviate
      v 1: cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds
           every Spring" [syn: shed, molt, exuviate, moult,
           slough]