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verbcast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
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nounnecrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or masstype of:
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nouna hollow filled with mud
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nounany outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)type of:
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nouna stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
Synonyms & Similar Words
drop throw cover cast shed covering swamp bog pathology gangrene mummification molt swampland sloughing moult desquamate exuviate throw off cast off shake off throw away peel off sphacelus cold gangrene clostridial myonecrosis emphysematous gangrene gas gangrene gas phlegmon mumification necrosis emphysematous phlegmon gangrenous emphysema progressive emphysematous necrosis dry gangrene peat bog sloughy natural covering