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Synonyms for exuviation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ig-zoo-vee-eyt, ik-soo-
Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzu viˌeɪt, ɪkˈsu-

Définition of exuviation

  • As in shedding : noun peeling
Example sentences :
  • Exuviation: the act of molting: the cast-off skin or exuvium.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Society, in all its developments, undergoes the process of exuviation.
  • Extract from : « Illustrations of Universal Progress » by Herbert Spencer
  • On the fourth exuviation, the limbs expanded two inches and a half.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXV, June, 1852 » by Various
  • The most serious trial through which society can pass is encountered in the exuviation of its religious restraints.
  • Extract from : « History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science » by John William Draper
  • In accordance with this rapid growth is the frequency of the periods of exuviation.
  • Extract from : « A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) » by Charles Darwin
  • The new membranes of the body, immediately after the exuviation, are not lax in any extreme degree.
  • Extract from : « A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) » by Charles Darwin
  • These are the details of the exuviation of the Lobster whose cast-off shell is before the Society.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4 » by Various
  • In the only examples of the exuviation of macrourous Decapod Crustaceans, there exists a singular diversity in the process itself.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4 » by Various
  • About a month after this exuviation the animal perished accidentally, having been two years and eight months under examination.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXV, June, 1852 » by Various

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