Etymology

exuvial

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Today it means: Related to something sloughed off or stripped away. Full definition →

Latin exuviae
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  1. Latin · derived fromexuviae“what is stripped”
  2. English todayexuvial

From Latin exuviae (“what is stripped”), from exuo (“shed, strip”).

Words from the same roots

Latinexuviae all →

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