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ex⋅u⋅vi⋅ate
[ig-zoo-vee-eyt, ik-soo-] 
viˌeɪt
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
| to cast off or shed (exuviae); molt. |
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| ex·u·vi·ate (ĭg-zōō'vē-āt') v. ex·u·vi·at·ed, ex·u·vi·at·ing, ex·u·vi·ates v. tr. To shed or cast off (a covering). v. intr. To shed or cast off exuviae; molt. [exuvi(ae) + -ate1.] ex·u'vi·a'tion n. |
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Exuviate
Ex*u"vi*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exuviated, p. pr. & vb. n. Exuviating.][From Exuviae.] (Zo["o]l.) To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt. There is reason to suppose that very old crayfish do not exuviate every year. --Huxley.
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