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batskin

batskin noun: the hide of a bat.

Noun

batskin (plural batskins)

  1. The hide of a bat.
    • She said presently, in a normal tone, "You never saw such a nasty mess of roots and chicken eyes and dried blood and batskins and skulls of toads as Muh kept."1990, Belinda Hurmence, A Girl Called Boy, New York: Clarion Books, page 137
    • A handful of weapons sat beside a batskin mattress filled with dried grasses.2008, Jim C. Hines, Goblin War, New York: Daw Books

Forms of batskin

pluralbatskins

Origin of batskin

From bat + skin.

Questions about batskin

What does batskin mean?
Batskin means the hide of a bat.
What part of speech is batskin?
Batskin is a noun.
What is the plural of batskin?
The plural of batskin is batskins.

Words near batskin in the dictionary

  1. batshite
  2. batshitness
  3. batshittery
  4. batsicle
  5. batsicles
  6. batskin
  7. batskins
  8. batsman
  9. batsmanship
  10. batsmen
  11. batso

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