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Word: Exuviae
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘animal skins, spoils of the enemy’, from exuere ‘divest oneself of’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪɡˈzjuːvɪiː
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛɡˈzjuːvɪiː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the cast or sloughed skin of an animal, especially of an insect larva.
Short Definition:cast skin of animal
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