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transitive verb flensed, flensing

to cut blubber skin from (a whale, seal, etc.)

also flench

Origin: < Du vlensen or Dan flense

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transitive verb flensed flensed, flens·ing, flens·es

To strip the blubber or skin from (a whale, for example).

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Origin: Norwegian

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flensˈer noun

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