Exuviation

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  • n. The act of exuviating.
  • n. The exuviated coverings; exuviae.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In zoology, the rejection or casting off of some part, as the deciduous teeth, the skin of serpents, the shells of crustaceans, etc.
    • Word Usage
    "The most serious trial through which society can pass is encountered in the exuviation of its religious restraints."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    molting    ecdysis   
     
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