подко́жный жир — meaning in English
podkozhnyy zhir
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English meaning
- blubber verb To cry loudly and messily, often with heavy sobbing.
Senses
подко́жный жир is used for these senses in English:
- blubber (uncountable, countable) A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea).
blubber — full definition
- verb To cry loudly and messily, often with heavy sobbing.
- noun The thick layer of fat beneath the skin of whales and other marine mammals that keeps them warm.
- noun Informal: excess body fat on a person.
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