PACHYDERM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pachyderm mean? 

• PACHYDERM (noun)
  The noun PACHYDERM has 1 sense:

1. any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus

  Familiarity information: PACHYDERM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PACHYDERM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pachyderm" is a kind of...):

eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

Meronyms (parts of "pachyderm"):

thick skin (skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pachyderm"):

elephant (five-toed pachyderm)

Derivation:

pachydermal; pachydermatous; pachydermic; pachydermous (of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms)