pachyderm

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I am like a pachyderm, returning to his place of birth to die in the sun on a lonely savanna.

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  1. noun Any of various large, thick-skinned, hoofed mammals such as the elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus.

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  • I suppose I'll have to pack the bloody pachyderm, won't I? —  Asimov'sSF,January2007
  • A minor pachyderm, thick and tough, he had very gentle eyes. —  Maigret in Holland-Georges Simenon-08
  • I've never had a personal relationship with a pachyderm, so I'd have to take Lili's word about their behavior. —  Blevins, Meredith - (Szabo 02) - The Vanished Priestess
  • Beginning Friday, the pint-size pachyderm will be out for public view in the zoo's elephant habitat for just a few hours a day. —  IdahoStatesman.com News Updates
  • Investigators said it's likely the pachyderm, already malnourished because its mother couldn't feed it properly, picked up the antibiotic-resistant bacteria from a zookeeper. —  Wildlife Disease News Digest
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  1. French pachyderme, from New Latin *Pachyderma, sing. of Pachydermata, obsolete order name, from Greek pakhudermos, thick-skinned : pakhus, thick + derma, skin; see derma1.

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  1. =F. pachyderme, from Greek παχύδερμος, thick-skinned, from παχύσ, thick, + δέρμα, skin: see derm.
 

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