animal glue

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   a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses

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Questions about animal glue

What does animal glue mean?

animal glue means "a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses".

Is animal glue a common word?

animal glue is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.