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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
flense /flɛns/ (also flench /flɛn(t)ʃ/)

▶verb slice the skin or fat from (a carcass, especially that of a whale).

– derivatives
flenser noun.

– origin C19: from Dan. flensa.

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