1.
[syn: shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough]
The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
exuviate
v 1: cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds
every Spring" [syn: shed, molt, exuviate, moult,
slough]