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American Heritage Dictionary:

ex·u·vi·ate

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(ĭg-zū'vē-āt') pronunciation

v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

v.tr.
To shed or cast off (a covering).

v.intr.
To shed or cast off exuviae; molt.

[EXUVI(AE) + -ATE1.]

exuviation ex·u'vi·a'tion n.

Roget's Thesaurus:

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verb

    To cast off by a natural process: molt, shed, slough2, throw off. See put on/take off.

Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:

exuviate

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To cast off or shed skin.

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American Heritage Dictionary The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more
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Roget's Thesaurus Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 byHoughton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more
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Saunders Veterinary Dictionary Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved. Read more
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