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exarate

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ex⋅a⋅rate

[ek-suh-reyt]
–adjective (of a pupa)
having the antennae, legs, and wings free.
Compare obtect.


Origin:
1865–70; < L exarātus (ptp. of exarāre to plow up). See ex- 1 , arable, -ate 1
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