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skins

  • plural
    of skin.
    skin
    noun
    the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
  • present tense form
    of skin (3rd person singular).
    skin
    noun
    the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.

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Heavy commercial hunting for crocodile skins severely reduced the species in Bangladesh until the 1970s.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

The menu includes salt-and-pepper chicken skins with sweet-and-sour sauce and something called the Viet Dip, a sandwich served with a little cup of pho jus.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

After living inside these characters’ skins for so many years, what’s it like to be done playing them?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

One prominent enthusiast had 40,000 skins, almost certainly preserved with arsenic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

After that she would squeeze the almonds from the fat ends, so that the nuts would pop out of the skins.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata