Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exuvial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-u-vial
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Related to something sloughed off or stripped away.

Example Sentences

"The floor of the cave was covered with the exuvial remains of unknown creatures."

Etymology

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

Questions

What does exuvial mean?: Related to something sloughed off or stripped away.
Where does exuvial come from?: From Latin exuviae (“what is stripped”), from exuo (“shed, strip”).

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