pachydermoidadj.
/ˌpakɪˈdəːmɔɪd/, U.S. /ˌpækəˈdərmɔɪd/ Zoology. rare.
Resembling or related to the pachyderms.
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1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. i. 16 The frost-tempered junks of this pachydermoid amphibian [walrus].
1877 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (1879) iii. 547 The Diprotodon..a pachydermoid Kangaroo as big as a rhinoceros.
1969 Isis 60 205 He..worked on the fossil bone finds of Mount Macedon.., especially on those of the giant Diprotodon australis (a pachydermoid marsupial).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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