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EXUVIAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does exuvial mean?
• EXUVIAL (adjective)
The adjective EXUVIAL has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the cast-off skins or cuticles of various animals
Familiarity information: EXUVIAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the cast-off skins or cuticles of various animals
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
exuviae (cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis)
Derivation:
exuviae (cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis)
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