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wormskin

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

the skin of a worm, or leather made therefrom, especially in fiction where worms are large creatures and have correspondingly large skins

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • They wore wormskin boots.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From worm + skin.