exuviaen.

/ɛɡˈzjuːvɪiː/

Etymology: < Latin exuviae garments stripped off, skins of animals, the spoils of an enemy, < exuĕre to divest oneself of.

a. Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, whether recent or fossil.

ΚΠ

1670 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. iv, in Wks. (1772) III. 378 They [insects] divested the habit they had..and appeared with their exuviæ or cast coats under their feet.

1728 J. Woodward Catal. Foreign Fossils ii. 21 in Catal. Addit. Eng. Native Fossils They appear to be only the Skins or Exuviæ [printed Exuvia], rather than entire Bodies of Fishes.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 184 Fossils and other marine exuviæ which are found imbedded on the tops of mountains.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) III. xxxii. 290 The insect has quitted the exuviæ of the pupa.

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 23 Living animals..had formerly lived..where their exuviæ are now found.

1851 G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (1855) 393 Sea-weeds, sponges, corals, shells, and the other marine exuviæ found in the chalk.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > parts which are shed

shed1648

exuviae1653

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) iii. xvi. 138 The Exuviæ of Fiddles, it seems, fly up into the air.

1811 C. Lamb Burial Societies in Wks. (1876) 629 The departed Spirit is gone. His care is only about the exuviæ.

1821 V. Knox Spirit of Despotism xxix. 66 Lest the despotism of influence should destroy the vitals of a free constitution, and leave nothing behind but the form, the exuviæ, the name.

1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. ii. vi. 297 Curious exuviæ of early art.

Draft additions 1997

c. Also in singular in the form exuvium (the reconstructed Latin feminine singular exuvia being reinterpreted as neuter plural), and in plural as exuvia.

ΚΠ

1678 Sir T. Browne Let. 6 July (1946) 97 You may observe how the exuvium of the little snake showes in a microscrope.

1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I Exuvium, n. [-vi-a, pl.].

1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. xix. 326 These animals eat the mucous layer impregnated with bacteria, diatoms and algae, which covers their bodies and detaches itself at intervals, rather like an exuvium.

1978 Environmental Sci. Res. XII. 207 Generally, exuvia from second ecdysis were lighter in dry weight and had less calcium than exuvia from the first ecdysis.

1987 Jrnl. Animal Morphol. & Physiol. 34 46 Head perpendicular to the body, legs out of the exuvium.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	exuviae
释义	exuviaen. /ɛɡˈzjuːvɪiː/ Etymology: < Latin exuviae garments stripped off, skins of animals, the spoils of an enemy, < exuĕre to divest oneself of. a. Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, whether recent or fossil. ΚΠ 1670 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. iv, in Wks. (1772) III. 378 They [insects] divested the habit they had..and appeared with their exuviæ or cast coats under their feet. 1728 J. Woodward Catal. Foreign Fossils ii. 21 in Catal. Addit. Eng. Native Fossils They appear to be only the Skins or Exuviæ [printed Exuvia], rather than entire Bodies of Fishes. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 184 Fossils and other marine exuviæ which are found imbedded on the tops of mountains. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) III. xxxii. 290 The insect has quitted the exuviæ of the pupa. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 23 Living animals..had formerly lived..where their exuviæ are now found. 1851 G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (1855) 393 Sea-weeds, sponges, corals, shells, and the other marine exuviæ found in the chalk. b. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > parts which are shed shed1648 exuviae1653 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) iii. xvi. 138 The Exuviæ of Fiddles, it seems, fly up into the air. 1811 C. Lamb Burial Societies in Wks. (1876) 629 The departed Spirit is gone. His care is only about the exuviæ. 1821 V. Knox Spirit of Despotism xxix. 66 Lest the despotism of influence should destroy the vitals of a free constitution, and leave nothing behind but the form, the exuviæ, the name. 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. ii. vi. 297 Curious exuviæ of early art. Draft additions 1997 c. Also in singular in the form exuvium (the reconstructed Latin feminine singular exuvia being reinterpreted as neuter plural), and in plural as exuvia. ΚΠ 1678 Sir T. Browne Let. 6 July (1946) 97 You may observe how the exuvium of the little snake showes in a microscrope. 1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I Exuvium, n. [-vi-a, pl.]. 1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. xix. 326 These animals eat the mucous layer impregnated with bacteria, diatoms and algae, which covers their bodies and detaches itself at intervals, rather like an exuvium. 1978 Environmental Sci. Res. XII. 207 Generally, exuvia from second ecdysis were lighter in dry weight and had less calcium than exuvia from the first ecdysis. 1987 Jrnl. Animal Morphol. & Physiol. 34 46 Head perpendicular to the body, legs out of the exuvium. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1653
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