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    pachyderm

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Animals
    pach·y·derm /ˈpækɪdɜːm $ -dɜːrm/ noun [countable]  technicalHBA an animal with thick skin, such as an elephant 厚皮动物〔如大象〕
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    pachyderm• He then elects to take his new pet to California, but he only has five days to unload his pachyderm.• High slung, low slung, wobbly, pointy, pert, pigeon or pachyderm.    Origin pachyderm (1800-1900) French Greek, from pachys “thick” + derma “skin”
    pach·y·derm nounChineseSyllable
    an Corpus as skin, with such thick animal


    pachyderm
    pach‧y‧derm /ˈpækɪdɜːm $ -dɜːrm/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1800-1900
     Language: French
     Origin: Greek, from pachys 'thick' + derma 'skin'
    technical an animal with thick skin, such as an elephant


    pachy·dermBrE /ˈpækidɜːm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpækidɜːrm/ 🔊 noun (specialist) a type of animal with a very thick skin, for example, an elephant 厚皮动物（如大象）