ANIMAL SKIN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The outer covering of an animal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("animal skin" is a kind of...):

animal product (a product made from animal material)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "animal skin"):

lambskin; parchment; sheepskin (skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on)

fell; hide (the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal))

leather (an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning)

fur; pelt (the dressed hairy coat of a mammal)