leathery

  • 11leathery — leath|er|y [ˈleðəri] adj hard and stiff like leather, rather than soft or smooth ▪ her leathery brown skin …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12leathery — leath|er|y [ leðəri ] adjective consisting of a thick strong layer: leathery skin/leaves …

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  • 13leathery — adjective hard and stiff like leather rather than soft or smooth: leathery skin …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14leathery — UK [ˈleðərɪ] / US adjective consisting of a thick strong layer leathery skin/leaves …

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  • 15Leathery grunter — Taxobox name = Leathery grunter status = DD | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Terapontidae genus = Scortum species = S. hillii binomial = Scortum hillii binomial… …

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  • 16leathery turtle — Leatherback Leath er*back , n. (Zo[ o]l.) A large sea turtle ({Sphargis coriacea}), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; called also {leather… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 17leathery appendage — oral fimbria (one of a series of small tag like appendages around the perimeter of the oral disc of lampreys (Petromyzontiformes), presumed to help create an effective seal when the lamprey is attached to its host and also probably sensory. Also… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 18leathery appendix — oral fimbria (one of a series of small tag like appendages around the perimeter of the oral disc of lampreys (Petromyzontiformes), presumed to help create an effective seal when the lamprey is attached to its host and also probably sensory. Also… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 19leathery turtle — /lɛðəri ˈtɜtl/ (say ledhuhree tertl) noun a large marine turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, with a longitudinally ridged flexible carapace formed of a mosaic of small bony plates embedded in a leathery skin; luth. Also, leatherback …

  • 20leathery grape fern — noun European fern with leathery and sparsely hairy fronds • Syn: ↑Botrychium multifidum • Hypernyms: ↑grape fern …

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