sealskins

noun

plural of sealskin
as in deerskins

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  1. sheep
  2. seals
  3. mink
  4. otters
  5. pelts
  6. marten
Noun
  • Most were built higher into livestock fences only in the last decades of the 18th and early decades of the 19th centuries, when sheep farming became the dominant form of agriculture in New England.
    — Matt Seaton, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026
  • While exploring the island for food, the men were trapped in Polyphemus’ cave with the cyclops’ herd of sheep.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of sheep
Noun
  • These members of the order of Carnivora, which includes bears, wolves, felines, seals, and many other mammals that specialize in eating flesh, have found a way to reorganize themselves to take full advantage of all that city life has to offer.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • However, these reactors require highly reliable seals to prevent the escape of extremely corrosive salt vapors and toxic gases (like hydrogen fluoride).
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
Definition of seals
Noun
  • The sleek style is made from top-grain Italian leather and is available in black, cognac, or mink.
    — Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2026
  • Arthur Labellman, 81, ran the shop started by his grandfather in 1919 for more than 50 years, selling mink coats and other products at the height of downtown’s retail era.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026
Definition of mink
Noun
  • Sonoma County Animal Services said its officers responded to the resident's call and discovered that the otter was actually a tiny baby American mink.
    — Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • There’s an art gallery, the Birds of Prey Center, an otter exhibit, and Desertarium, which features turtles, snakes, lizards, frogs, and more.
    — Lauren Jones, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
Definition of otters
Noun
  • These passages are called portages, a term derived from English and French trappers who, alongside Indigenous nations like the Ojibwe and the Dakota, collected pelts for the lucrative fur trade from the late 17th century to the early 19th.
    — John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026
  • The beautiful array of their divergent sizes and pelts coalesced as oils on canvas and rendered their exploits almost dreamlike.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Definition of pelts
Noun
  • The ranch also may be home to threatened or endangered species, including Canada lynx, American marten, snowshoe hare and Gunnison’s prairie dog.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 28 June 2026
  • Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of marten
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