Exuperation
(Ex*u`per*a"tion) n. [See Exurgent.] The act of rising or coming into view. [Obs.] Baxter.
Exurgent
(Ex*ur"gent) a. [L. exurgens, exsurgens, p. pr. of exurgere, exsurgere, to rise up; ex out +
surgere to rise.] Arising; coming to light. [Obs.]
Exuscitate
(Ex*us"ci*tate) v. t. See Exsuscitate [Obs.] T. Adams.
Exustion
(Ex*us"tion) n. [L. exustio, fr. exurere, exustum, to burn up; ex out + urere to burn.] The
act or operation of burning up. Bailey.
Exutory
(Ex*u"to*ry) n. [Cf. F. exutoire. See Exuve.] (Med.) An issue.
Exuvia
(||Ex*u"vi*a) n. sing. of Exuviæ.
Exuviability
(Ex*u`vi*a*bil"i*ty) n. Capability of shedding the skin periodically. Craig.
Exuviable
(Ex*u"vi*a*ble) a. [Cf. F. exuviable.] Capable of being cast off in the form of exuviæ.
Exuviæ
(||Ex*u"vi*æ), n. pl. [L., fr. exuere to draw out or off, to pull off.]
1. (Zoöl) 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.
2. (Geol.) The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth.
Exuvial
(Ex*u"vi*al) a. Of or pertaining to exuviæ. "Exuvial layers." "Exuvial deposits."
Exuviate
(Ex*u"vi*ate) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exuviated, p. pr. & vb. n. Exuviating.] [From Exuviae.]
(Zoöl.) To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.
There is reason to suppose that very old crayfish do not exuviate every year.
Huxley.
