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pachyderm, n. and a.|ˈpækɪdɜːm|
[a. F. pachyderme n. (Cuvier 1797), ad. Gr. παχύδερµ-ος thick-skinned, f. παχύ-ς thick + δέρµα skin. In a general sense, pachuderme adj. occurs casually in Fr. c 1600 (Hatz.-Darm.).]
A. n. Zool. A thick-skinned quadruped; spec. one of the Pachydermata of Cuvier.
1838Penny Cycl. XII. 415/2 That the quadruped under consideration [Hyrax] is a true Pachyderm. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xx. (1856) 160 That marine pachyderm, the tusky walrus. 1880Haughton Phys. Geog. ii. 53 England was inhabited by herbivorous pachyderms..previous to the elevation of the east and west chain.
b. fig. Cf. pachydermatous 2.
1867Garfield in Century Mag. (1884) Jan. 417/2 Like all politicians he seems to have become a pachyderm. 1894W. T. Stead in Review of Rev. (Amer. ed.) Apr. 428 To shrink from the rude shocks and jars which tough pachyderms bear with unruffled composure.
B. adj. Zool. = pachydermatous a.
1868Nat. Encycl. I. 821 Anthracotherium, a fossil genus of pachyderm mammals.
Hence pachyˈdermal, pachyˈdermic, adjs. Zool.
1847Ansted Anc. World ix. 197 The gigantic living pachydermal mammals, such as the elephant, rhinoceros, and hippopotamus. 1838Penny Cycl. XII. 416/2 The general balance of resemblance..is strongly in favour of the Pachydermic relationship of the animal. 1840Ibid. XVII. 151/2 These and other Pachydermic forms. |