EXUVIATE

Ex‐u″vi‐ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exuviated, p. pr. & vb. n. Exuviating.] (�) [[From Exuviae.]] (Zoöl.) 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.