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birdskin

noun

Etymology

From bird + skin.

  1. derived from *sken-✻ — “to split off”
  2. derived from *skinþą✻
  3. derived from skinn — “animal hide”
  4. inherited from scinn
  5. inherited from skyn
  6. compounded as birdskin — “bird + skin”

Definitions

  1. the skin of a bird, detached from that bird, especially as prepared during study of the…

    the skin of a bird, detached from that bird, especially as prepared during study of the bird or for display

    • The individual birdskins, with or without their cotton wrapping, are rolled in cylinders of paper and packed tightly enough to prevent any displacement during transportation.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA