exuvia
Noun
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Noun
exuvia (plural exuviae)
- (biology) The remains of the exoskeleton after any member of the Arthropoda, such as an insect, crustacean or arachnid has slough#Verb|sloughed, discarding its old integument and developing the new one.
- Synonyms: moult
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