masker

Definitions of masker
  1. noun
    a covering to disguise or conceal the face
    synonyms: mom, mombakkes
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    type of:
    bedekking, bekleding, bekleedsel, kleed
    an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
  2. noun
    a protective covering worn over the face
    synonyms: mom, mombakkes
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    types:
    ademhalingsapparaat, beademingstoestel, gasmasker, respiratietoestel, rookhelm, rookmasker, zuurstofapparaat
    a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases
    schermmasker
    a face mask made of fine mesh that is worn over a fencer's face
    type of:
    beschermlaag
    a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
  3. noun
    the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
    synonyms: larf, larve
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    ritnaald
    wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants
    kokerjuffer
    larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains
    insectelarve, insektelarve
    insect larva that constructs a protective case around its body
    insectelarve, insektelarve, rups, rupsbaan, rupsband
    a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
    nimf
    a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
    made, worm
    a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
    bullekop, dikkop, donderkop, donderpad, kikkervisje, kwakbol
    a larval frog or toad
    kokerjuffer
    larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris
    zijderups
    the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk
    zijderups
    larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
    made, worm
    the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
    type of:
    antichrist, antikrist, beest, dier, gedierte
    a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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