Exuviate

v. i.

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(Zool.) To she [1913 Webster]d an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt. [imp. & p. p. Exuviated, p. pr. & vb. n. Exuviating.] There is reason to suppose that very old crayfish do not exuviate every year. - Huxley.

Verb

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exuviate - cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every Spring" Synonyms: molt, moult, slough, shed

cast, cast off, desquamate, drop, molt, moult, peel off, shake off, shed, slough, throw, throw away, throw off