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Taxidermy :: Taxidermy (v. t.) The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets..

Bearskin :: Bearskin (n.) The skin of a bear.

Dermatine :: Dermatine (a.) Of or pertaining to the skin.

Sock :: Sock (n.) The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome, -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin..

Skinched :: Skinched (imp. & p. p.) of Skinc.

Walrus :: Walrus (n.) A very large marine mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also morse..

Hamster :: Hamster (n.) A small European rodent (Cricetus frumentarius). It is remarkable for having a pouch on each side of the jaw, under the skin, and for its migrations..

Skin :: Skin (v. t.) To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal..

Abortive :: Abortive (v.) Made from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum..

Addison's Disease :: Addison's disease () A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal..

Pelt :: Pelt (n.) The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.

Eating :: Eating (n.) The act of tasking food; the act of consuming or corroding.

Shammy :: Shammy (n.) A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying..

Hippopotamus :: Hippopotamus (n.) A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa..

Dermic :: Dermic (a.) Relating to the derm or skin.

Skinch :: Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.

Hogskin :: Hogskin (n.) Leather tanned from a hog's skin. Also used adjectively.

Skin :: Skin (v. t.) To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially..

Stahlian :: Stagworm (n.) The larve of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, as /strus, or Hypoderma, actaeon, which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils..

Blister :: Blister (n.) Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel..

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