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▸ noun:  A quantity of yarn, thread, etc. put up together in an oblong shape, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) A web, a weave, a tangle.
▸ noun:  (zoology) The membrane of a fish ovary.
▸ noun:  (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
▸ noun:  (zoology, UK, dialect, collective) A group of wild fowl (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
▸ noun:  (sports) A winning streak.
▸ noun:  (radio, television, dated) A series created by a web (major broadcasting network).
▸ verb:  To wind or weave into a skein.

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