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birdskins

birdskins is the plural of birdskin.

Meaning of birdskin

Noun

birdskin (plural birdskins)

  1. the skin of a bird, detached from that bird, especially as prepared during study of the bird or for display
    • Upon reaching stage 36, in the operation of making a birdskin, cut through the left side of the body from the vent to the neck, taking care not to disturb the internal organs. Force the edges of the opening apart, and, pressing the intestines gently to one side, look for the sexual organs, which...1895, Frank M. Chapman, Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America, New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 28

Questions about birdskins

What is birdskins the plural of?
Birdskins is the plural of birdskin.

Words near birdskins in the dictionary

  1. birdsitted
  2. birdsitter
  3. birdsitters
  4. birdsitting
  5. birdskin
  6. birdskins
  7. birdsmouth
  8. birdsmouthed
  9. birdsmouthing
  10. birdsmouths
  11. birdsnest

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