PACHYDERM


Meaning of PACHYDERM in English

— pachydermal, pachydermous, pachydermic, pachydermoid , adj.

/pak"i derrm'/ , n.

1. any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.

2. an elephant.

3. a person who is not sensitive to criticism, ridicule, etc.; a thick-skinned person.

[ 1830-40; Pachyderma, assumed sing. of Pachydermata (pl.) obs. order name pachý ( s ) thick + -dérmata, neut. pl. of -dermatos -skinned, adj. deriv. of dermat-, s. of dérma skin, DERMA 1 ]

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