Exuviae

[ig'zju:vii:]

Definition

(noun.) cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis.

Typist: Phil--From WordNet

Definition

(n. pl.) 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.

(n. pl.) The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth.

Typed by Brooke