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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
exuviae /ɪgˈzjuːvɪiː, ɛg-/

▶plural noun [also treated as sing.] Zoology the cast or sloughed skin of an animal, especially of an insect larva.

– derivatives
exuvial adjective.

– origin C17: from L., lit. ‘animal skins’.

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