"skinless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English skynles, equivalent to skin + -less. Cognate with Old Norse skinnlauss (“skinless”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|skynles}} Middle English skynles, {{suffix|en|skin|less}} skin + -less, {{cog|non|skinnlauss|t=skinless}} Old Norse skinnlauss (“skinless”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} skinless (not comparable)
  1. Not having an outer layer of skin or skinlike material, or with such a layer removed. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Food and drink Synonyms: hideless Derived forms: skinlessness Translations (not having skin): ἀδέρματος (adérmatos) (Ancient Greek), zonder huid (Dutch), hautlos (German), nahatoin (Ingrian), sin piel (Spanish)
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