exuviate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
    moult; shed; molt; slough.
    • our dog sheds every Spring

WordNet

Ex*u"vi*ate intransitive verb
Etymology
From Exuviae.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Exuviated, present participle & verbal noun Exuviating
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913