leathery

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Leathery old Hélio Saraiva has had three strains of dengue.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 17, 2017

The original version of the article you’re reading now was published back in 2007, and since then a Leathery turtle dissection has been featured on TV as part of the fantastic series Inside Nature’s Giants.

From Scientific American • Jun. 9, 2012

Leathery, spick & span Mr. Widener owns one of the crack racing stables of the world, has Godfathered two swank racetracks�Long Island's Belmont Park and Miami's Hialeah.

From Time Magazine Archive

Leathery, massy, meditative Mies van der Rohe is famed in Europe and the U. S. for one beautiful house, at Brno, Czechoslovakia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Leathery, claw-tipped wings, longer claws on the limbs that tore at the metal wall.

From Deathworld by Dongen, H. R. van