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Verb: flense  flen(t)s
  1. Strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal)
    "Whalers would flense the captured whales on the ship's deck"

Derived forms: flensed, flenses, flensing

Type of: get rid of, remove

Encyclopedia: Flense