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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The bodily system consisting of the skin and its associated structures, such as the hair, nails, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands.
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- noun anatomy The
skin ,feathers and other outercoverings of ananimal .
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- noun the skin and its appendages
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