snakeskin

English

Etymology

From snake +‎ skin.

Noun

snakeskin (countable and uncountable, plural snakeskins)

1. The skin of a snake
   1. (usually uncountable) The hide of a snake, used as leather.
   2. (countable) The moult of a snake.

Hyponyms

• skin

Translations

skin of a snake

• Classical Nahuatl: cōāēhuatl
• Danish: slangeskind n, slangeham c (rare)
• Japanese: 蛇皮 (jabi)
• Macedonian: змиска кожа f (zmiska koža)
• Malayalam: പാമ്പിൻതോൽ (pāmpiṉtōl)
• Russian: змеи́ная ко́жа f (zmeínaja kóža)
• Swedish: ormskinn (sv) n
• Turkish: yılan derisi (tr)

Adjective

snakeskin (not comparable)

1. Made of snakeskin.
   • 1932, Dorothy L Sayers, chapter 10, in Have His Carcase:

     Sort of dago fellow; leads the orchestra down at the Winter Gardens ... You know the sort, all lah-di-dah and snakeskin shoes.