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• cow|skin — «KOW SKIHN», noun. = cowhide. (Cf. ↑cowhide) …   Useful english dictionary

• skin — [skin] n. [ME skinn < ON, akin to Ger schinden, to flay, peel < IE * (s)ken(d) , to split off (< base * sek , to cut: see SAW1) > OIr ceinn, a scale, scurf] 1. the outer covering or integument of the animal body 2. such a covering,… …   English World dictionary

• Cow Parsnip — Not to be confused with Parsnip. Cow Parsnip Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranke …   Wikipedia

• Skin — For the article about skin in humans, see human skin. For other uses, see Skin (disambiguation). Skin A diagram of human skin …   Wikipedia

• Cow Parsley — Taxobox name = Cow Parsley image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Apiales familia = Apiaceae genus = Anthriscus species = A. sylvestris binomial = Anthriscus sylvestris binomial authority =… …   Wikipedia

• skin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. flay, peel, decorticate; Slang, fleece, cheat. See divestment, stealing. n. integument, cuticle, dermis, epidermis; pelt, hide; rind; veneer, plating, lamina; parchment. See covering. II (Roget s… …   English dictionary for students

• cow·hide — /ˈkaʊˌhaıd/ noun [noncount] : the skin of a cow or leather made from it a cloth made of cowhide …   Useful english dictionary

• sea cow — 1. any sirenian, as the manatee or dugong. 2. Obs. the hippopotamus. [1605 15] * * * or Steller s sea cow Extinct aquatic mammal (Hydrodamalis gigas) that lived around islands in the Bering Sea. It was discovered in 1741 and described by a member …   Universalium

• Steller's Sea Cow — Taxobox name = Steller s Sea Cow status = EX status system = iucn3.1 extinct = 1768 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Sirenia familia = Dugongidae subfamilia = Hydrodamalinae subfamilia authority =… …   Wikipedia

• sacred cow —    The English idiom sacred cow was coined with ref erence to the veneration of cows that is common in India, but it reflects a degree of misunderstand ing. Hindus do venerate and respect cows, but they do not regularly worship them; nor do they… …   Encyclopedia of Hinduism