n. [ OE. lether, AS. leðer; akin to D. leder, leêr, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. leðr, Sw. läder, Dan. læder. ]
☞ Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made of, relating to, or like, leather. [ 1913 Webster ]
Leather board,
Leather carp (Zool.)
Leather jacket. (Zool.)
Leather flower (Bot.),
Leather leaf (Bot.),
Leather plant (Bot.),
Leather turtle. (Zool.)
Vegetable leather.
v. t.
a. Of, pertaining to or made of leather; consisting of leather;
n. (Zool.) A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also
n. any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes.
n. (Zool.) The friar bird. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales; the leatherjacket{ 2 }.
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