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Flense

/flɛns/

To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.

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    To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.

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flinchverb(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.
flenchnounAlternative form of flense. [To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.]
flaynoun(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A fright; a scare.
defleshverb(transitive) To remove the flesh from someone or something.
unfleshverb(transitive) To strip of flesh.
beflayverb(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To flay; strip; peel.
beflakeverb(transitive) To deck or cover with or as with flakes.
sculpnoun(obsolete, sometimes humorous) To sculpture; to carve or engrave.
definnounTo remove the fins from.
defleeceverbTo remove the fleece from.
fleshnounThe soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
sloughnounThe skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
peltnounThe skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
degloveverbTo peel back the skin from part of the body as if removing a glove, especially as the result of an accident.
peelnoun(usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
scumnoun(derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons.
skinnoun(uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
efflowerverb(rare) To graze; (leatherworking) to remove the outer surface of (a skin) with a knife.
descalenounTo remove the scales from a fish etc.
parenounA Bantu language spoken in Tanzania.

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