Entom. [ad. L. exarāt-us, pa. pple. of exarāre: see next v.] (See quot.)
1870. Rolleston, Anim. Life, 76. The chrysalis … differs … in being ‘free’ or ‘exarate.’ Ibid. (1888), (ed. Jackson), 152. Of the first kind of pupa two varieties are distinguishable. In one the larval skin is simply thrown off. It is known as incomplete, exarate or libera.
