eelskin

English

Etymology

From eel +‎ skin (hagfish are very eel-like, and are sometimes called slime eels).

Noun

eelskin (plural eelskins)

1. the skin of a hagfish

   She paid for three eelskins.

   He had an eelskin wallet.

   • 1896, Clifton Johnson, “Medicinal”, in What They Say in New England (non-fiction), Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Lee and Shepard Publishers, page 77:

     Wear an eelskin around your waist to keep off rheumatism. Some say they had rather have the rheumatism.

Translations

the skin of a hagfish

• Estonian: angerja nahk
• German: Aalhaut (de) f
• Italian: pelle d'anguilla f
• Swedish: ålskinn (sv)

Anagrams

• Kinslee, linkees, Keelins