Pachyderm



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 厚皮动物; 厚脸皮的人
• ［英］ n. 厚皮动物 ( large, thick-skinned, hoofed animal) ; 厚脸皮的人 ( a insensitive, stolid person)
• ［记］ pachy ( 厚) +derm ( 皮)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: French pachyderme, from Greek pachydermos thick-skinned, from pachys thick + derma skin; akin to Sanskrit bahu dense, much — more at derm-
• Date: 1838
• any of various nonruminant mammals (as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin; especially elephant

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