exuviate

• Verbe rare ou littéraire signifiant perdre ou rejeter la peau, la carapace ou le tégument externe, comme lors d'une mue.

A rare or obsolete verb meaning to shed or cast off skin, shell, or outer covering, as in molting.

1. C2formal

   To shed or cast off an outer covering, such as skin, hair, feathers, or horns, typically as part of a natural process.

   Muer, se dépouiller

   • The snake exuviated its old skin in one complete piece.
   • Birds exuviate their feathers during the molting season.
   • The deer exuviated its antlers after the mating season.

   Synonymescast offdesquamatediscardmoltshedslough