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pachyderm

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpækidɜːrm/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpækɪˌdɝm/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pak′i dûrm′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pach•y•derm /ˈpækɪˌdɜrm/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Mammalsa large, thick-skinned mammal with hoofs, as the elephant, hippopotamus, or rhinoceros.
See -derm-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pach•y•derm  (pak′i dûrm′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mammalsany of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  2. Mammalsan elephant.
  3. a person who is not sensitive to criticism, ridicule, etc.;
    a thick-skinned person.
  • Greek pachý(s) thick + -dérmata, neuter plural of -dermatos -skinned, adjective, adjectival derivative of dermat-, stem of dérma skin, derma1
  • Neo-Latin Pachyderma, assumed singular of Pachydermata (plural) obsolete order name
  • 1830–40
pach′y•der′mal, pach′y•der′mous, pach′y•der′mic, pach′y•der′moid, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pachyderm /ˈpækɪˌdɜːm/ n
  1. any very large thick-skinned mammal, such as an elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus
Etymology: 19th Century: from French pachyderme, from Greek pakhudermos thick-skinned, from pakhus thick + derma skinˌpachyˈdermatous, ˌpachyˈdermal adj
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