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verb (used with object), flensed, flens·ing.
1.
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
2.
to strip off (blubber or skin).
Origin:
1805–15; < Danish flense or Dutch flensen
1805–15; < Danish flense or Dutch flensen
Related forms
flens·er, noun
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