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Snakeskin

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Snakeskin may either refer to the skin of a live snake, the shed skin of a snake after molting, or to a type of leather that is made from the hide of a dead snake. [1]

39 relations: Albinism, Art Deco, Banhu, Burmese python, Carotenoid, Chromatophore, Connective tissue, Dermis, Ecdysis, Epidermis, Handbag, Herbert James Draper, Hide (skin), Holocrine, Integumentary system, Keratin, Lamia, Lepidosauria, Moulting, Musical instrument, Ostrich leather, Queen Paola of Belgium, Rattlesnake, Reptile scale, Reticulated python, Rhynchocephalia, Salt gland, Sanshin, Sanxian, Snake, Snake scale, Sound board (music), Squamata, Stratum basale, Stratum corneum, Stratum granulosum, Subcutaneous tissue, Tuatara, Wallet.

Albinism

Albinism in humans is a congenital disorder characterized by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes.

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Art Deco

Art Deco, sometimes referred to as Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just before World War I. Art Deco influenced the design of buildings, furniture, jewelry, fashion, cars, movie theatres, trains, ocean liners, and everyday objects such as radios and vacuum cleaners.

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Banhu

The banhu (板胡, pinyin: bǎnhú) is a Chinese traditional bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments.

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Burmese python

The Burmese python (Python bivittatus) is one of the five largest species of snakes in the world (about the third-largest as measured either by length or weight).

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Carotenoid

Carotenoids, also called tetraterpenoids, are organic pigments that are produced by plants and algae, as well as several bacteria and fungi.

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Chromatophore

Chromatophores are pigment-containing and light-reflecting cells, or groups of cells, found in a wide range of animals including amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans and cephalopods.

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Connective tissue

Connective tissue (CT) is one of the four basic types of animal tissue, along with epithelial tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue.

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Dermis

The dermis or corium is a layer of skin between the epidermis (with which it makes up the cutis) and subcutaneous tissues, that primarily consists of dense irregular connective tissue and cushions the body from stress and strain.

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Ecdysis

Ecdysis is the moulting of the cuticle in many invertebrates of the clade Ecdysozoa.

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Epidermis

The epidermis is the outer layer of the three layers that make up the skin, the inner layers being the dermis and hypodermis.

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Handbag

A handbag, also called purse in North American English, is a handled medium-to-large bag used to carry personal items.

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Herbert James Draper

Herbert James Draper (November 1863 (or 1864) – 22 September 1920) was an English Classicist painter whose career began in the Victorian era and extended through the first two decades of the 20th century.

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Hide (skin)

A hide or skin is an animal skin treated for human use.

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Holocrine

Holocrine is a term used to classify the mode of secretion in exocrine glands in the study of histology.

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Integumentary system

The integumentary system comprises the skin and its appendages acting to protect the body from various kinds of damage, such as loss of water or abrasion from outside.

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Keratin

Keratin is one of a family of fibrous structural proteins.

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Lamia

Lamia (Λάμια), in ancient Greek mythology, was a woman who became a child-eating monster after her children were destroyed by Hera, who learned of her husband Zeus's trysts with her.

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Lepidosauria

The Lepidosauria (from Greek meaning scaled lizards) are reptiles with overlapping scales.

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Moulting

In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body (often, but not always, an outer layer or covering), either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its life cycle.

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Musical instrument

A musical instrument is an instrument created or adapted to make musical sounds.

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Ostrich leather

Ostrich leather is the result of tanning skins taken from African ostriches farmed for their feathers, skin and meat.

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Queen Paola of Belgium

Queen Paola of Belgium (born '''Donna'''Although attributes the title of "Princess" to Queen Paola prior to marriage, Burke's Peerage 1973, The Descendants of Louis XIII 1999, Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels 2001, La Descendance de Marie-Thérèse de Habsburg 1996, and Le Petit Gotha 2002 among others, accord only the noble prefix of Donna to her and her sisters, reserving the title Principessa for the wife of the head of the family Paola Ruffo di Calabria on 11 September 1937) is the wife of the former King Albert II and was Queen of the Belgians from 1993 until his abdication in 2013 in favour of their son King Philippe.

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Rattlesnake

Rattlesnakes are a group of venomous snakes of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus of the subfamily Crotalinae (the pit vipers).

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Reptile scale

Reptile skin is covered with scutes or scales which, along with many other characteristics, distinguish reptiles from animals of other classes.

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Reticulated python

The reticulated python (Python reticulatus) is a species of python found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

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Rhynchocephalia

Rhynchocephalia is an order of lizard-like reptiles that includes only one living species of tuatara, which in turn has two subspecies (Sphenodon punctatus punctatus and Sphenodon punctatus guntheri), which only inhabit parts of New Zealand.

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Salt gland

The salt gland is an organ for excreting excess salts.

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Sanshin

The sanshin (三線, literally "three strings") is an Okinawan musical instrument and precursor of the mainland Japanese (and Amami Islands) shamisen (三味線).

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Sanxian

The sanxian (literally "three strings") is a Chinese lute — a three-stringed fretless plucked musical instrument.

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Snake

Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.

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Snake scale

Snakes, like other reptiles, have a skin covered in a scale.

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Sound board (music)

A sound board, or soundboard, is the surface of a string instrument that the strings vibrate against, usually via some sort of bridge.

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Squamata

Squamata is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards, snakes and amphisbaenians (worm lizards), which are collectively known as squamates or scaled reptiles.

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Stratum basale

The stratum basale (basal layer, sometimes referred to as stratum germinativum) is the deepest layer of the five layers of the epidermis, the outer covering of skin in mammals.

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Stratum corneum

The stratum corneum (Latin for 'horny layer') is the outermost layer of the epidermis, consisting of dead cells (corneocytes).

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Stratum granulosum

The stratum granulosum (or granular layer) is a thin layer of cells in the epidermis.

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Subcutaneous tissue

The subcutaneous tissue, also called the hypodermis, hypoderm, subcutis, or superficial fascia, is the lowermost layer of the integumentary system in vertebrates.

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Tuatara

Tuatara are reptiles endemic to New Zealand.

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Wallet

A wallet is a small, flat case that can be used to carry such personal items as cash, credit cards, and identification documents (driver's license, identification card, club card, etc.), photographs, transit pass, gift cards, business cards and other paper or laminated cards.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakeskin

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