animal skin

Leather's raw source

Animal skin is the outer covering of an animal's body, either while attached or after removal.

The term usually refers to processed hides used for leather, fur, or parchment: The drum was made of animal skin stretched over a wooden frame.

It also describes textures or patterns resembling such material: animal skin prints on fabric.

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leather jacket · leather goods · vellum · buckskin · snakeskin · snake charmer · protection · scales · bear rug · collagen · parchment · fur coat · fur trim · suede · pigskin · fur trade · wallet · keratin

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Opposites
anatomical layer/depth

animal skinflesh

Soft body matter

meat · muscle · innards · internal organs · bone

material origin

animal skinsynthetic leather

Man-made hide substitute

faux leather · pleather · vegan leather · plant-based leather · plastic

species source

animal skinhuman skin

Body's outer tissue layer

human flesh

Family

skin, animal, hiding, tanning, skinned, skinning, epidermis, sheepskin, tanner

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G