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exuviate.

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

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɪɡˈzjuː.vɪ.eɪt/UK/ɛkˈsuː.vɪ.eɪt/UK/ɛkˈsuː.vɪ.eɪt/US/ɛɡˈzuː.vɪ.eɪt/US
  1. To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).

    ambitransitive · rare
Where this word comes from

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

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