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Definition of Exuvia
1. Noun. (biology) The remains of an exoskeleton that is left after an insect, crustacean or arachnid has molted. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exuvia
1. exuvium [n] - See also: exuvium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exuvia
Literary usage of Exuvia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"This insect is very troublesome in many houses and in ships ; lodging in cup
boards, presses, and amongst books, and soiling by their exuvia whatever they ..."
2. Palestine, Or the Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Michael Russell (1837)
"... and Southern Italy—Chalk—Marine exuvia—Precious Stones—METEOROLOGY—Climate of
Palestine—Winds—Thunder—Clouds—Waterspouts—Ignis Fatuus —ZOOLOGY—Scripture ..."
3. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Yearbook of Facts in Science and Art for edited by David Ames Wells (1852)
"On the ocean side, the deposit is formed from spray during winds which drive the
froth of the sea, containing, with coral mud, the exuvia from the barrier ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"Scale hardly iJ mm. diam., exuvia- deep reddish (on oak, ... Scale covered by
the epidermis of the tree, the shining black exuvia? alone exposed ..."
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