单词 | exuviate |
释义 | exuviatev. a. intransitive. To cast off or shed exuviæ. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > cast off part of the body shed1510 skin1773 exuviate1855 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1855 |
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