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flesh

noun as in body tissue, skin

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In certain species, a male anglerfish will latch onto his chosen female with a sexy bite, then release digestive enzymes to melt their flesh together.

That predator’s active ocean cruising generates enough body heat to keep it toastier than surrounding seawater, an effort that burns through the equivalent of about six pounds of flesh a day.

Others might have thick, spongy flesh that can store water for long periods of time.

You can register in the flesh at your state or local election office.

The collaboration will next flesh out the bounce itself — a more complex stage that requires novel interactions to push everything apart again.

There was deep brown flesh, and bronze flesh, and pallid white flesh, and flesh turned red from the hot sun.

Flesh encircled him at the main pool of the Paradise Hotel and Residences at Boca.

It also contains some clunky passages of adultery, temptations of the flesh, and general sexual awkwardness.

His flesh is sagging a bit, but he is still trim and looks lean, sinewy and tough.

He carried around a hundred pounds too many most of his life, a great buffer of flesh between himself and the world.

It is full of poetic feeling, and the flesh tints are unusually natural.

Such things happen to all flesh, from man even to beast, and upon sinners are sevenfold more.

Woe to the man that first did teach the cursed steel to bite in his own flesh, and make way to the living spirit.

In fact, on the palm a small drop of blood showed distinctly against the firm, pink flesh.

And as the fat taken away from the flesh, so was David chosen from among the children of Israel.

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On this page you'll find 49 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to flesh, such as: beef, fat, meat, muscle, brawn, and cells.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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