exuviae
pronunciation
How to pronounce exuviae in British English:
UK [ɪg'zju:vji:]
How to pronounce exuviae in American English:
US [ɪg'zuvji]
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- Noun:
- cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis
Word Origin
- exuviae (n.)
- "cast-off skins, shells, or other coverings of animals," 1650s, Latin, literally "that which is stripped off," hence "slough, skin," also "clothing, equipment, arms, booty, spoils," from stem of exuere "to doff," from ex- "off" (see ex-) + PIE *eu- "to dress" (also in Latin induere "to dress," reduvia "fragment").