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pachyderm

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pach·y·derm  (pk-dûrm)
n.
Any of various large, thick-skinned, hoofed mammals such as the elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus.

[French pachyderme, from New Latin *Pachyderma, sing. of Pachydermata, obsolete order name, from Greek pakhudermos, thick-skinned : pakhus, thick + derma, skin; see derma1.]

pachy·dermal, pachy·dermic, pachy·dermous adj.

pachyderm [ˈpækɪˌdɜːm]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) any very large thick-skinned mammal, such as an elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus
[from French pachyderme, from Greek pakhudermos thick-skinned, from pakhus thick + derma skin]
pachydermatous  adj

pachyderm  (pk-dûrm)
Any of various large, thick-skinned mammals, such as the elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pachydermpachyderm - any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus
eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
elephant - five-toed pachyderm
thick skin - skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros)
Translations
pachyderm [ˈpækɪdɜːm] Npaquidermo m
pachyderm [ˈpækidɜːrm] npachyderme m
pachyderm
nDickhäuter m


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As a matter of fact it was the pleasant, friendly voice and caressing hands behind his ears which he enjoyed, and the close proximity of him whom he had often borne upon his back since Tarzan, as a little child, had once fearlessly approached the great bull, assuming upon the part of the pachyderm the same friendliness which filled his own heart.
And so it happened that before the elephant realized that his new enemy had leaped from his path Tarzan had driven his iron-shod spear from behind the massive shoulder straight into the fierce heart, and the colossal pachyderm had toppled to his death at the feet of the ape-man.
The antelope, although in plain view of the huge beast, paid not the slightest attention to it, and I was so wrapped up in watching the mighty pachyderm that I quite forgot to shoot at the buck and presently, and in quite a startling manner, it became impossible to do so.
 
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