different between narnauk vs gooseskin

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narnauk (plural narnauks)

(in the mythology of the First Nations of Canada) A supernatural being which can transform into an animal and back into human form by putting on and taking off an animal skin it has.

goose +? skin

gooseskin (countable and uncountable, plural gooseskins)

The skin of a goose, especially the removable skin of a the goose form of a narnauk who transforms back into a goose by putting the skin back on.
A kind of thin soft leather.

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