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