exuviate

verb /ɪɡˈzjuː.vɪ.eɪt/

1. To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).

   rare

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

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry exuviate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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