Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Exuviae \Ex*u"vi*[ae]\, n. pl. [L., fr. exuere to draw out or
off, to pull off.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals;
any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the
skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Geol.) The fossil shells and other remains which animals
have left in the strata of the earth.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
exuviae
n 1: cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during
ecdysis