Taking a Thin Layer of the Surface Off Something

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Fauna and Flora, Group 169, Puzzle 3 (Ecological Complexity).

Question is: Taking a Thin Layer of the Surface Off Something

and the answer is: SCRAPING

Word Meaning:

SCRAPING — The sound or action of something being scraped.

Definitions from Wiktionary.

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