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English

Etymology

From Latin exu? (“cast off, undress”).

Noun

exuviae

1. plural of exuvia

Noun

exuviae pl (plural only)

1. The coverings of an animal that have been shed or cast off, particularly the molted exoskeletons of arthropods.
2. (historical, military) Among the Ancient Romans, weaponry and equipment stripped from the person of a foe; booty.

Related terms

• exuvial

Latin

Noun

exuviae

1. nominative plural of exuvia
2. genitive singular of exuvia
3. dative singular of exuvia
4. vocative plural of exuvia

References

• exuviae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• exuviae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exuviae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Latin exuvia, from exu? (“I take off”).

Noun

exuvia (plural exuviae)

1. (biology) The remains of the exoskeleton after any member of the Arthropoda, such as an insect, crustacean or arachnid has sloughed, discarding its old integument and developing the new one.

   Synonym: moult

Further reading

• exuviae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From exu?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ek?su.u?i.a/, [?k?s??u?iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek?su.vi.a/, [???zu?vi?]

Noun

exuvia f (genitive exuviae); first declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) spoils, booty
2. skin of a snake etc. sloughed off
3. (in the plural) remains (i.e. that which has been taken off (Cf. exuo n.3))

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Portuguese: exúvia