English Dictionary

exuviate

/ɪɡˈzjuː.vɪ.eɪt/

verb

(transitive, intransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).

Snakes exuviate their skin regularly.

意味（1）

(transitive, intransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).

Like any arthropod encased in a rigid exoskeleton, a trilobite must periodically moult, or exuviate, in order to grow.