EXUVIAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exuviae mean? 

• EXUVIAE (noun)
  The noun EXUVIAE has 1 sense:

1. cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis

  Familiarity information: EXUVIAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXUVIAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("exuviae" is a kind of...):

body covering (any covering for the body or a body part)

Derivation:

exuvial (of or relating to the cast-off skins or cuticles of various animals)