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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -exuvia-, *exuvia*
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WordNet (3.0)
exuviae(n) cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis
exuvial(adj) of or relating to the cast-off skins or cuticles of various animals

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Exuvia

‖n. sing. of Exuviæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exuviability

n. Capability of shedding the skin periodically. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exuviable

a. [ Cf. F. exuviable. ] Capable of being cast off in the form of exuviæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exuviae

‖ n. pl. [ L., fr. exuere to draw out or off, to pull off. ] 1. (Zoöl.) Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exuvial

a. Of or pertaining to exuviæ. “Exuvial layers.” “Exuvial deposits.” [ 1913 Webster ]

Exuviate

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Exuviated, p. pr. & vb. n. Exuviating. ] ety>[ From Exuviae. ] (Zoöl.) To she [ 1913 Webster ]d an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.

There is reason to suppose that very old crayfish do not exuviate every year. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exuviation

n. (Zoöl.) The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
抜け殻;脱け殻;抜殻(io);脱殻(io);蛻[ぬけがら, nukegara] (n) (See 蛻・もぬけ) cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae [Add to Longdo]

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