Definition of Exuvium

1. Noun. (misspelling of exuvia) ¹

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Definition of Exuvium

1. the molted covering of an animal [n -VIAE or -VIA] : EXUVIAL [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exuvium

exuscitating
exustion
exutories
exutory
exuvia
exuviability
exuviable
exuviae
exuvial
exuviate
exuviated
exuviates
exuviating
exuviation
exuviations
exuvium (current term)
exuviæ
exwife
exxy
exy
ey
ey up
eya-let
eyalet
eyalets
eyas
eyases
eyasmusket
eyasmuskets

Literary usage of Exuvium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1908)
"Before pupating, the para- •• in the now dead and elongate larva securely fastens the Utt • to some object by piercing the exuvium below the hca ! a- ..."

2. Journal of Economic Entomology by Entomological Society of America, American Association of Economic Entomologists (1910)
"... fact that the nymphs are normally subject to almost semi-aquatic conditions. The spaces between the pupal exuvium and the pupa, and between the pupal ..."

3. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1913)
"exuvium.—Length z mm., whitish. Antennal cases extending to the first abdominal segment, the wing cases to the fourth abdominal segment and the leg cases ..."

4. Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate by Richard Owen, William White Cooper (1843)
"The eyes also were still perceptible, although the principal part of the black colouring matter appeared to have been thrown off with the exuvium. ..."

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