[ ɪg'zju:vɪi: , 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'.
[ ɪg'zju:vɪi: , 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'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004