noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   the skin of a hagfish

   "She paid for three eelskins."

Example

More examples

"Wear an eelskin around your waist to keep off rheumatism. Some say they had rather have the rheumatism."

Etymology

From eel + skin (hagfish are very eel-like, and are sometimes called slime eels).

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