Usually means: Large mammal with thick skin.
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  1. pachyderm: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pachyderm: Merriam-Webster
  3. pachyderm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pachyderm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pachyderm: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pachyderm: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pachyderm, pachyderm: Wordnik
  8. pachyderm: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pachyderm: Wiktionary
  10. pachyderm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pachyderm: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pachyderm: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. pachyderm: Dictionary.com
  14. pachyderm: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Pachyderm: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Pachyderm: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. pachyderm: Rhymezone
  18. Pachyderm: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. pachyderm: FreeDictionary.org
  20. pachyderm: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. pachyderm: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pachyderm: Legal dictionary

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  1. pachyderm: Encyclopedia

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  2. pachyderm: Medical dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (obsolete, zoology) A member of the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant and tapir.
▸ noun:  (informal) An elephant
▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A person with thick skin; someone who is not affected by or does not care what others say about them.
▸ noun:  (idiomatic) Someone who is insensitive.

Similar:
pachycephalid, pachyceratid, pachycephalosaurid, pachy, pachypod, perrisodactyl, pachypleurosaurid, pachyodont, plesiadapid, pachydiscid, more...

Opposite:
non-pachyderm, non-elephant

Types:
elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, tapir, more...

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Southbound Pachyderm, Pachyderm Studios, more...

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great, huge, old, mighty, extinct, large, giant, poor, little, gigantic, young

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Similar:
pachycephalid, pachyceratid, pachycephalosaurid, pachy, pachypod, perrisodactyl, pachypleurosaurid, pachyodont, plesiadapid, pachydiscid, more...

Opposite:
non-pachyderm, non-elephant

Types:
elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, tapir, more...

Phrases:
Southbound Pachyderm, Pachyderm Studios, more...

Adjectives:
great, huge, old, mighty, extinct, large, giant, poor, little, gigantic, young

Colors:
    gray,     charcoal,     silver,     taupe,     beige, more...



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