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- French · borrowed frompachyderme
- English todaypachyderm
Borrowed from French pachyderme, equivalent to pachy- (“thick”) + -derm (“skin”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pachyderm
Today it means: A member of the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant and tapir. Full definition →
French pachyderme