pachyderm
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9.4
- noun
- /ˈpækɪˌdɜrm/
:
pachidermo
- From the near distance came the anguished stentorian cries of the Nawab's prize pachyderms calling out for water.
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Examples
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So here we are, the peculiar couple, standing on the porch watching the delegation waddle down my walk like pachyderms.
Fiction book (2002) -
We saw singles, small groups, and two large groups consisting of around 30 pachyderms.
Academic text (2006) -
There were millions and millions of them, as if every pachyderm that had ever lived had died there.
Fiction book (1995) -
I bought some peanuts to feed the sad-faced pachyderm that came snuffling toward me, its face full of flies.
Fiction book (1999) -
In 1959, for instance, an Oxford University engineering student, John Hoyte, rode an elephant over the Mount Cenis Pass to understand how Hannibal might have crossed the mountains with a battle-ready pachyderm.
Academic text (2007) -
The zoo has several pachyderms, including elephants and rhinoceroses, that attract many visitors.
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In Africa, one can find various pachyderms roaming freely in national parks.
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The documentary featured a shy pachyderm family living near a watering hole.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
pachyderm = pachy + derm
This is a learned classical formation meaning roughly 'thick-skinned', but the combining forms are not familiar to most learners and the specific zoological sense is not straightforwardly predictable from them alone.
Etymology
Pachyderm comes from Greek parts pachy- 'thick' and -derm 'skin', so it names large animals with very thick skin like elephants, rhinos, and hippos.