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In biology, exuviae are the remains of an exoskeleton and related structures that are left after ecdysozoans (including insects, crustaceans and arachnids) have moulted. The exuviae of an animal can be important to biologists as they can often be used to identify the species of the animal and even its sex.
As studying insects, crustaceans, or arachnids directly is not always possible, and because exuviae can be collected fairly easily, they can play an important part in helping to determine some general aspects of a species overall life cycle such as distribution, sex ratio, production, and proof of breeding in a habitat. Exuviae have been suggested as a gold standard for insect monitoring. For instance, when monitoring dragonfly populations the presence of exuviae of a species demonstrates that the species has completed its full life cycle from egg to adult in a habitat. However, it has also been suggested that the fact that exuviae can be hard to find could lead to an underestimation of insect species compared to, for example, counting adult insects.The Latin word exuviae, meaning things stripped from a body, is found only in the plural. Exuvia is a derived singular form, although this is a neologism, and not attested in texts by Roman authors. A few modern works use the singular noun exuvium (e.g.). Only a single historical work by Propertius uses the singular form exuvium, but in the meaning spoils, booty.

(Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess

the state or quality of being mature; maturity

Completely; entirely; fundamentally.

produce something at a fast rate

A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states.

one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts

the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters

a thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap) that sticks to itself; used for wrapping food

subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia

a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers

the oral part of the pharynx, reaching from the uvula to the level of the hyoid bone

1,000,000,000 periods per second

Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement.

an instrumentality that connects

Designatum is a term used in philosophy and semantics to refer to the object or concept that a word, phrase, or symbol represents or stands for. It is essentially the actual thing or concept that a sign or symbol is intended to convey or refer to.

water served ice-cold or with ice

Ingrowth refers to the process or act of growing inward or into something. In biological term, it can also refer to the inward growth of cells or tissues.

to unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals

a group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea