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flesh
Part of speech: NounThat part of an animal body beneath the skin, composed of soft muscular tissue; animal food; pulp of fruit, etc.; the body: opposite to soul; human nature or race; present life; kindred.
Usage examples "flesh":- But there wasn't enough flesh on them. - "Syndrome", Thomas Hoover.
- I requested you to call upon me, because as I said before, I love the child almost as fondly as if she were my own flesh and blood. - "The Children of the World", Paul Heyse.
- Am I not of thy blood, flesh of thy flesh? - "Six One-Act Plays", Margaret Scott Oliver.