单词 | pachyderm |
释义 | pachyderm —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; < NL Pachyderma, assumed sing. of Pachydermata (pl.) obs. order name < Gk pachý(s) thick + -dérmata, neut. pl. of -dermatos -skinned, adj. deriv. of dermat-, s. of dérma skin, DERMA1] |
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