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单词 exuviate
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exuviatev.

Brit. /ᵻɡˈzjuːvɪeɪt/, /ɛɡˈzjuːvɪeɪt/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzuviˌeɪt/, /ɛɡˈzuviˌeɪt/
Etymology: formed as exuvial adj. + -ate suffix3.
a. intransitive. To cast off or shed exuviæ.
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the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > cast off part of the body
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skin1773
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moult1869
autotomize1911
1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 542 Crabs of mature age and full size cease to exuviate.
1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish i. 37 The young crayfish exuviate two or three times in the course of the first year.
b. transitive. To shed or cast off as exuviæ.
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the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (transitive)] > cast off part of the body
shed1510
uncase1582
moult1774
exuviate1856
1856 W. B. Carpenter Microscope xvi. 639 Even when the Entomostraca have attained their full growth, they continue to exuviate their shell.
1871 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals 9 So much of the allantois as lies outside the walls of the body is..exuviated.
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