leathery skin

collocation in English

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leathery
adjective
uk
/ˈleð.ər.i/us
/ˈleð.ɚ.i/
with the look and feel ...
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skin
noun
uk
/skɪn/us
/skɪn/
the natural outer layer that covers a person, animal, ...
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It has a tough,leatheryskin.
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Its nose is fairly large and covered inleatheryskin.
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He has wrinkly,leatheryskin, and is short-sighted.
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Daoud is depicted as an old man withleatheryskinand heavy, dark brows.
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Like all galaxiids it lacks scales and has a thick,leatheryskincovered with mucus.
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It has an elongated cylindrical shape with a tough,leatheryskinwith blunt conical protuberances.
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The eggs are long, spindle-shaped and covered with aleatheryskin.
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Theirleatheryskincontains toxins which make this sea hare practically inedible to most predators.
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The mature fruit has aleatheryskinand a thin layer of pulp.
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It has a soft, cylindrical body, with red-brown to yellowishleatheryskin.
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Instead of scutes, it has thick,leatheryskinwith embedded minuscule osteoderms.
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The body is laterally compressed and deep-bodied with a tough,leatheryskin.
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Their backs are protected by iron-hard scales, their bellies by layers of thick,leatheryskin.
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The young are born with soft,leatheryskin, which hardens within a few weeks.
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Due to their tough,leatheryskin, trolls have the best defensive abilities, but are very slow.
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The butterfly also has a tough,leatheryskinto survive such occasional attacks.
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They have strongleatheryskinand very long limbs attached to short torsos.
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They are marine animals with aleatheryskinand an elongated body containing a single, branched gonad.
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For example, the leatherback sea turtle and the soft-shelled turtles have shells covered withleatheryskin, instead.
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The fruit, closely resembling that of the avocado, is generally pear-shaped, with a thick, green,leatheryskin.
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Under the thin,leatheryskin, it consists of an oily, fleshy covering over a single hard, thin-shelled pit, and resembles a miniature avocado.
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Kokopu are galaxiids and like others members of that family lacks scales and has a thick,leatheryskincovered with mucus.
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A kech is a green humanoid covered with leaf-like,leatheryskin, with long arms and prehensile-toed feet that allow it to climb trees and swing through the upper branches.
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This species has a football shape with aleatheryskinranging in colour from yellowish white to dark brownish-black and is covered with five rows of retractile tube feet.
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