A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Exuviae,-arum (pl.f.I), abl. sg. exuviis: that which is stripped, drawn or taken off from the body, as clothing, equipments, the skin of an animal, his slough (as of a snake); spoils stripped from an enemy [> L. uxuo,-ui,-utum, 3. to draw off, to pull or strip off, divest (Lewis & Short]; see also exutus,-a,-um (part.A)]; see exuvium,-ii (s.n.II); cf. induviae,-arum (pl.f.I).

Exuviae (pl.Eng.noun; used only in the plural): an animal’s cast or sloughed skin, esp. that of an insect; the remains of an exoskeleton and related structures that are left after ecdysozoans (including insects. crustaceans and arachnids) have moulted” (“Exuviae” Wikipedia Feb. 2020).

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