exuviae

Definitions


[ɛɡˈzjuːvɪiː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the cast or sloughed skin of an animal, especially of an insect larva


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘animal skins, spoils of the enemy’, from exuere ‘divest oneself of’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries