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单词 flense
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flense

[ flens ]
/ flɛns /

verb (used with object), flensed, flens·ing.

to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
to strip off (blubber or skin).
Also flench [flench], /flɛntʃ/, flinch.

Origin of flense

1805–15; <Danish flense or Dutch flensen

OTHER WORDS FROM flense

flenser, noun

Words nearby flense

Flemish Brabant, Flemish giant, Flemish scroll, Flemming, Flensburg, flense, flerovium, flesh, flesh and blood, flesh color, fleshed
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Example sentences from the Web for flense

  • I scarcely believe that in the course of the day we met with a single piece of ice large enough to flense a seal upon.

    The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II|A.E. Nordenskieold

  • It took us two hours to kill our first whale, and four to flense it.

    Peter the Whaler|W.H.G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for flense

flense

flench (flɛntʃ) or flinch (flɪntʃ)

/ (flɛns) /

verb

(tr) to strip (a whale, seal, etc) of (its blubber or skin)

Derived forms of flense

flenser, flencher or flincher, noun

Word Origin for flense

C19: from Danish flense; related to Dutch flensen
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