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Verb: exuviate  ig'zoo-vee,eyt
  1. Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
    "Snakes exuviate their skin as they grow";
    - shed, molt [N. Amer], moult [Brit, Cdn], slough

Derived forms: exuviated, exuviates, exuviating

Type of: cast, cast off, drop, lose, shed, throw off