igˈzüvēˌē, eg- noun plural
Etymology: Latin, from exuere to take off, from ex- ex- (I) + -uere to put on; akin to Old Russian iz uti to take off shoes and stockings, Armenian aganim I put on, Avestan aothra- shoe, and perhaps to Old Irish f uan coat
: the natural covering of an animal (as the skin of a snake) after it has been sloughed off
• ex·u·vi·al -vēəl adjective