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defleshings

defleshings is the plural of defleshing.

Meaning of defleshing

Noun

defleshing (countable and uncountable, plural defleshings)

  1. The act of removing the flesh.
    • In extreme circumstances they would, however, eat a little plant matter and fungus, as well as each other: twelve skeletons from El Sidrón Cave in Spain, bearing marks of death blows and defleshing, offering clear evidence of cannibalism.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 171

Questions about defleshings

What is defleshings the plural of?
Defleshings is the plural of defleshing.

Words near defleshings in the dictionary

  1. defleecing
  2. deflesh
  3. defleshed
  4. defleshes
  5. defleshing
  6. defleshings
  7. deflex
  8. deflexed
  9. deflexedly
  10. deflexes
  11. deflexibilization

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