: having skin especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
dark-skinned
light-skinned
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With its distinctive, hornlike snout and protrudable jaws, the pink-skinned living fossil is the only surviving representative of a family lineage that dates back nearly 125 million years.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 June 2026
Just get over it, red-haired, pasty Kathy Griffin, with light-skinned, red-haired Karen Bass.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
This is a yellow-skinned variety.
—David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 1 June 2026
Sprite Melon This petite (about the size of a grapefruit), smooth-skinned melon is Japanese in origin, but has been considered a specialty crop in North Carolina for almost half a century.
—Joanna Sciarrino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2026
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 June 2026
Just get over it, red-haired, pasty Kathy Griffin, with light-skinned, red-haired Karen Bass.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
This is a yellow-skinned variety.
—David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 1 June 2026
Sprite Melon This petite (about the size of a grapefruit), smooth-skinned melon is Japanese in origin, but has been considered a specialty crop in North Carolina for almost half a century.
—Joanna Sciarrino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2026
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“Skinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skinned. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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skinned
adjective
: having skin especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
dark-skinned
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