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scleroderm, n. and a.|ˈsklɪərəʊdɜːm|
[ad. mod.L. sclērodermus, a. Gr. σκληρόδερµος, f. σκληρός hard + δέρµα skin.]
A. n.
1. a. A fish of the group Sclerodermi, which have the skin covered with hard scales. b. A polyp of the division Sclerodermata.
1840–5Owen Odontogr. I. 82 Scleroderms. 1842Brande Dict. Sci., etc., Scleroderms, a name given by Cuvier to his family of Plectognathic fishes, comprehending those which have the skin covered with hard scales. 1896H. Woodward Guide Fossil Rept. & Fish Brit. Mus. 121 Fossil Scleroderms, in an excellent state of preservation, are found in the Eocene Slates of Glaris.
2. ‘The hard or stony external skeleton of sclerodermatous zoantharians, or corals in an ordinary sense; corallum; coral’ (Cent. Dict. 1891).
B. adj. ‘Of or pertaining to the Sclerodermi; sclerodermous’ (Cent. Dict. 1891). |