Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exuviate"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Exuviate \Ex*u"vi*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exuviated}, p. pr.
& vb. n. {Exuviating}.][From {Exuviae}.] (Zo["o]l.)
To shed 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

exuviate
v : cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; of animals [syn: {shed},
{molt}, {moult}, {slough}]

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