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fish skin

fish skin noun: the skin of a fish.

Noun

fish skin (countable and uncountable, plural fish skins)

  1. The skin of a fish.
    • Protection from abrasion and predation is another function of the fish skin, and dermal (skin) bone arose early in fish evolution.1974, Encyclopaedia Britannica Publishers, Inc. Staff, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, page 333
    • As with fish skin, the chemical composition of scales is poorly known. About 41% to 84% is organic protein, mostly albuminoids such as collagen (24%) and ichthylepidin (76%).1997, Douglas E. Facey, Brian W. Bowen, Bruce B. Collette, Gene S. Helfman, The Diversity of Fishes - Biology, Evolution and Ecology
  2. The leather that is made from this skin.

Forms of fish skin

pluralfish skins
alternative formfishskin
alternative formfish-skin

Origin of fish skin

From fish + skin.

Words formed from fish skin

Questions about fish skin

What does fish skin mean?
Fish skin means the skin of a fish.
What part of speech is fish skin?
Fish skin is a noun.
What is the plural of fish skin?
The plural of fish skin is fish skins.

Words near fish skin in the dictionary

  1. fish science
  2. fish sciences
  3. fish scrap
  4. fish scraps
  5. fish shambles
  6. fish skin
  7. fish skins
  8. fish slice
  9. fish slices
  10. Fish Springs
  11. fish steps

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