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exuviate

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8 lettersPronunciation /ɪɡˈzjuː.vɪ.eɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aeeituvxStarts with EEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

Word origin

From Latin exuviae (“what is shed”), from exuō (“cast off, strip”).

Used in a sentence

  • Like any arthropod encased in a rigid exoskeleton, a trilobite must periodically moult, or exuviate, in order to grow.

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