vernātĭo

ōnis, f.

verno

I. the sloughing or shedding of the skin of snakes.
I. Lit., Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 101; 30, 3 8, § 24.—
II. Transf., concr., the slough cast off by a snake, Plin. 29, 6, 35, § 11.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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