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leathery
[ leth-uh-ree ]
leathery
/ ˈlɛðərɪ /
adjective
- having the appearance or texture of leather, esp in toughness
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Derived Forms
- ˈleatheriness, noun
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Other Words From
- leather·i·ness noun
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Example Sentences
For instance, many people think velociraptors were large, leathery, dangerous predators.
The result is premature aging in the form of wrinkles, fine lines, and a leathery appearance.
It can have a cumulative effect, showing up as deep wrinkles, fine lines, sagging skin, leathery skin, hyperpigmentation, and even skin cancer.
The hard, magnetic teeth of a leathery red-brown mollusk nicknamed “the wandering meatloaf” possess a rare mineral previously seen only in rocks.
Very early dinosaurs may have laid leathery, turtle-like eggs.
They sport a leathery, crackle-textured skin and glow with salt-and-pepper zest.
A thick, leathery exterior makes chewing them as much fun as tasting them.
Hard-caught game gets something feral and gnarled—Côte-Rôtie or a leathery Hermitage.
Best known for their leathery shells, some species can roll into a ball when threatened.
The stretchy, leathery ring keeps you hard while the eyelashes tickle the vadge.
Out of the invisible240 country marched a huge beast with a thick, leathery skin and a surprisingly long neck.
As those leathery faces crack into lines through the dust I sense sincerity.
They show their distant relationship to birds in that their large eggs are incased in a leathery, limy shell.
Mr. Simeon Browns usual demeanour was that of the most leathery imperturbability.
With great fanged beak out-stretched, it was flapping through the air on leathery wings.
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