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exuviate

exu·viate

UK/ɪɡˈzjuː.vɪ.eɪt/ US/ɛkˈsuː.vɪ.eɪt/ uncommon rare

verb

1.

cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

  • “out dog sheds every Spring”
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From Latin exuviae (“what is shed”), from exuō (“cast off, strip”).

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