exuviae


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ex·u·vi·ae

 (ĭg-zo͞o′vē-ē′)
pl.n.
The cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms, such as the shells of crabs or the external coverings of the larvae and nymphs of insects.

[Latin, from exuere, to take off; see eu- in Indo-European roots.]

ex·u′vi·al (-vē-əl) adj.
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exuviae

(ɪɡˈzjuːvɪˌiː)
pl n, sing exuvia (-vɪə)
(Zoology) layers of skin or cuticle shed by animals during ecdysis
[C17: from Latin: things stripped off (the body), from exuere to strip off]
exˈuvial adj
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Noun1.exuviae - cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis
body covering - any covering for the body or a body part
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References in classic literature ?
Its throes will heave our exuviae from their graves.
Direct consumption not only effects the germination but also reduces the nutrients level as well as insect products like webbing, exuviae, body fragments, silk or other chemical secretions, dead and live insects may unfit food for human consumption (Nenaah, 2014; Rajendran and Sriranjini, 2008; Serin, 2016).
After the molt events, the exuviae of each juvenile (JI-JIV) crab stage were collected and preserved in 70% ethanol +glycerin (1:1) solution for later measurement of carapace width (CW) and carapace length (CL), using a SMZ 168 stereomicroscope (Motic, Hong Kong) equipped with a calibrated micrometric eyepiece.
La Instruccion aplica un regimen similar a los restos mortales (exuviae) de los siervos de Dios y de los venerables, aunque no puedan gozar de ningun culto publico ni de los privilegios reservados a los cuerpos de los beatos y santos.
The presence of exuviae was used as the criterion of successful molting to the next development stage.
To determine the occurrence of ecdysis (cuticle molting), the presence of exuviae (exoskeleton remnants) floating in the aquarium each morning was recorded.
One low-cost, simple, and efficient method of assessing chironomid communities involves collections of Chironomidae surface-floating pupal exuviae (SFPE) (Ferrington Jr.
These semantic groups comply with those classes of nouns that are included in the category of inalienable possession (body parts and kin relations, part-whole or spatial relations, culturally important possessed items such as names, domestic animals, shadows, souls, etc., but also such items as exuviae, speech, footprints, mental and physiological states, pets) (Heine 1997 : 10; Kockelman 2009 : 29).
When individuals molted, we preserved the shed exuviae dry in an Eppendorf tube with their corresponding identification.
Identification guide and key to Chironomid pupal exuviae in Mongolian Lakes.
Later, each gall was dissected to examine its contents, tallying the following: (1) cells with the ACGW ((i) larvae, (ii) white pupae, (iii) black pupae, and (iv) adults); (2) cells with parasitoids ((i) larvae, (ii) pupae, and (iii) adults); (3) cells with parasitoid exuviae (most parasitoid species leave the pupal exuviae inside the cell after emergence); (4) empty cells from which the ACGW had already emerged (all cells linked with an emergence hole and without pupal exuviae fell in this category, even though this overestimated slightly the number of emerged ACGW since a small percentage of parasitoids does not leave pupal exuviae in the cell, similarly to the ACGW); (5) empty cells without emergence holes.