"fish skin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fish skins [plural], fishskin [alternative], fish-skin [alternative]
Etymology: From fish + skin. Etymology templates: {{com|en|fish|skin}} fish + skin Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fish skin (countable and uncountable, plural fish skins)
  1. The skin of a fish. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: fishskin disease
    Sense id: en-fish_skin-en-noun-M8r6ks2S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. The leather that is made from this skin. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fish_skin-en-noun-5oQPZXWJ Categories (other): Hides Disambiguation of Hides: 31 69

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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