"fleshless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English fleschles, flechles, equivalent to flesh + -less. Cognate with West Frisian fleisleas (“meatless”), Dutch vleesloos (“meatless”), German fleischlos (“meatless”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fleschles}} Middle English fleschles, {{suf|en|flesh|less}} flesh + -less, {{cog|fy|fleisleas|t=meatless}} West Frisian fleisleas (“meatless”), {{cog|nl|vleesloos|t=meatless}} Dutch vleesloos (“meatless”), {{cog|de|fleischlos|t=meatless}} German fleischlos (“meatless”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fleshless (not comparable)
  1. Without flesh, lacking flesh; lean. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: fleshlessness
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