exuvial

English

Etymology

From Latin exuviae (“what is stripped”), from exuo (“shed, strip”)

Adjective

exuvial (not comparable)

  1. Related to something sloughed off or stripped away.
    The floor of the cave was covered with the exuvial remains of unknown creatures.
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