noun
- The cast-off skin of a snake or other reptile; a shed skin.
Usage: chiefly Scottish and Northern English; also spelled 'blipe'
Examples
- The gardener found a blype near the garden shed where a snake had recently passed.
- Children were fascinated by the delicate blype left behind on the rock.
- The reptile house displayed several blypes from the snakes in their collection.
- After shedding, the snake left its blype coiled on the branch.