exuviæ (eksuvie)

pl. [L., that which is stripped, drawn, or taken off from the body, clothing, equipments, spoils, etc., also the skin of an animal, slough, hair, etc., induviæ, clothes): see indue1.] 1. Cast-off skins, shells, or other coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or sloughed off, as the skins of caterpillars, the shells of lobsters, the cuticle of snakes, the feathers of birds. At the end of that time, and much about the same day, they divested the habit they had whilst they lived as fishes, and appeared with their exuviæ or cast coats under their feet, showing themselves to be perfect gnats. Boyle , Works, III. 378. 2. Skins of animals artificially removed and prepared for preservation. In his last moments, he thus exultingly cries out, "their rock is not as our rock, our enemies themselves being judges." War burton, Alliance (App. to 1st ed.). In her hand A suit of bright apparel, which she laid Flat on the couch, and spoke exultingly . Tennyson, Geraint. exumbral (eks-um'bral), a . [ ex , out, + umbra , shade (see umbrella ), + -al.] Same as exumbrellar . The division of the umbrella on the exumbral side into a central and coronal or peripheral zone. A. W. Greely, Arctic Service, p. 400. exumbrella (eks-um-brel'ä), n. [ ex , out, + NL. umbrella , q. v.] The aboral or external surface of the umbrella of an acaleph, as a jelly-fish; the upper part or outside of the bell as the creature swims: distinguished from the adoral part, or adumbrella . The genus Nauphanta is a characteristic one, and is remarkable in the peculiar sculpturing of the exumbrella . A. W. Greely, Arctic Service, p. 400, exumbrellar (eks-um-brel'är), a. [