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pachyderm

Meaning of "pachyderm" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PACHYDERM

From French pachyderme, from Greek pakhudermos thick-skinned, from pakhus thick + derma skin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PACHYDERM

ˈpækɪˌdɜːm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PACHYDERM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pachyderm is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PACHYDERM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pachyderm in the English dictionary

The definition of pachyderm in the dictionary is any very large thick-skinned mammal, such as an elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PACHYDERM

blastoderm · chordamesoderm · echinoderm · ectoderm · endoderm · entoderm · exoderm · hypoderm · mesoderm · osteoderm · ostracoderm · pachydermatous · periderm · phelloderm · placoderm · protoderm · scleroderm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PACHYDERM

pachalic · Pachelbel · pachinko · pachisi · Pachomius · pachouli · Pachuca · Pachuco · pachycarpous · pachydactyl · pachydactylous · pachydermal · pachydermatous · pachydermia · pachydermic · pachydermous · pachymeningitis · pachymeter · pachysandra · pachytene

WORDS THAT END LIKE PACHYDERM

berm · full term · full-term · germ · half term · herm · isotherm · jail term · long term · long-term · medium-term · midterm · perm · preterm · short-term · sperm · summer term · term · therm · wheat germ

Synonyms and antonyms of pachyderm in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pachyderm» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PACHYDERM

Find out the translation of pachyderm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pachyderm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pachyderm» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

厚皮
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

paquidermo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

pachyderm
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मोटे चमड़े का जनवार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشثني حيوان
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

толстокожее
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

paquiderme
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অনুভূতিহীন ব্যক্তি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

pachyderme
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pachyderm
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Dickhäuter
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

厚皮動物
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

후피
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Pachyderm
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người không biết nhục
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தடித்த தோல் உள்ள நான்கு கால் விலங்கு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पॅचडर्मम
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kalın derili hayvan
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

pachiderma
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

gbur
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

товстошкіра
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

pachiderm
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παχύδερμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dikhuidige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tJOCKHUDING
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pachyderm
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pachyderm

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PACHYDERM»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pachyderm

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PACHYDERM»

Discover the use of pachyderm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pachyderm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fern the Pachyderm
.1 .l , . i'; i ' iijrir'rii 'ii? i,' I!" '"M'lil/f/ll/ " 1 ill)' I'm Fern A calf Pachyderm WhaT (you say) children over TO, Look iT up Then, Under 5, I'm alive, ele|ohanTl My family lives in Sri Lanka BaThing in The mud or sTrolling in The sun, We are Asian ...
Nadia Pace, 2008
2
On Platygonus Compressus: A New Fossil Pachyderm
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
LeConte John L (John Lawrence), 2009
3
The Encyclopedia of Native Music: More Than a Century of ...
Live at Pachyderm Studio 1998 was named Best Blues Recording by NAMA, 2000. DISCOGRAPHY: Indigenous [Silvertone 2003] Circle [Pachyderm 2000] w/ Jennifer Warnes Live at Pachyderm Studio 1998 [Pachyderm 1999] Things We Do ...
Brian Wright-McLeod, 2005
4
Learning Objects for Instruction: Design and Evaluation
Pachyderm requires just as much noncomputer or nondigital planning time as the art of creation ever has, and this usually comes in the form of printing out and filling in storyboards, or planning documents. The storyboards are used to mock up ...
Pamela Taylor Northrup, 2007
5
Billboard
But Indigenous has soared beyond the stereotypes to find a growing audience with its Pachyderm Records album, "Things We Do." Not that the rise of Indigenous happened overnight. The band — brothers Mato Nanji, also known as Mato ...
6
Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn: The Destruction of Wildlife for ...
Pachyderm 15:53–55. ———. 1994. Rhino poaching in Namibia from 1980 to 1990 and the illegal trade in the horn. Pachyderm 18:39–51. ———. 1995. Tigers in peril in Cambodia. Oryx 29 (1): 2–3. ———. 1996. Smuggling routes for West ...
Richard Ellis, 2013
7
Pachyderm Studio
The house was designed by Herb Bloomberg, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. Engineers at Pachyderm include Brent Sigmeth, Zach Hollander and Andy Lindberg.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
8
Kajimberwunky: Bits of Levity
The. Pachyderm. Who. Forgave. There was a simple pachyderm506 who scarcely would hurt a flea. He got along with everyone he knew, perhaps because his gargantuan size intimidated them all. After all, he was the biggest and strongest.
Iyan Igma, 2009
9
Everyday Grammar For Schools-6(re.Edn.Gr.Pra)
The pachyderm remembered. b. They fed the aardvark. The words pachyderm and aardvark are in positions which nouns usually take; they also function like nouns. Yet another way of identifying a noun is by looking at the class of the word in ...
K. R., Narayanaswamy, Narayanaswamy, K. R.
10
American Bee Journal
2d- The pachyderm's tall e in combination with the rope B, whether tied or hooked, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 5d. The pachyderm C, provided with the tall c at- tached as shown, in combination with rope B, pulleys A , a, beam ...
‎1872

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PACHYDERM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pachyderm is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Annual Lincoln Day Dinner set for Aug. 29
Awards will be presented by the Cape County Republican Central Committee, the Southeast Missouri Pachyderm Club and family of the late ... «Southeast Missourian, Jul 15»
2
Wild elephant dead in rubber plantation
The pachyderm, aged around 40 years, was first sighted by the local people near the rubber plantation on Thursday evening. They alerted the ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
3
OP-ED: The wild elephants of Belmont
This pachyderm — raised from infancy by the council and standing uncomfortably on their toes — was all too visible to the distraught neighbors. «San Mateo Daily Journal, Jul 15»
4
One of North America's oldest elephants dies at PAWS sanctuary
Stewart said the pachyderm's favorite time of the day was while at her therapy sessions when she could take her weight off her joints and feet, ... «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»
5
State lawmakers to hold fact-finding hearing on Tennessee Planned …
Tennessee state Sen. Mike Bell, R-Riceville, addresses the Pachyderm Club of Hamilton County meeting on August 4, 2014, in Chattanooga. «Chattanooga Times Free Press, Jul 15»
6
The science of 'Ant-Man' and making movies true-to-life
The reason I remember it vividly is that the suspense entirely revolved around the airlift of a two ton pachyderm and the constant risk of ... «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
7
Larne's Nelly the elephant packs her trunk for Sally Army
Manageress Jackie Merrell told the Times that the arrival of the impressive pachyderm last Saturday caught staff at the shop completely by ... «Larne Times, Jul 15»
8
Watch elephants get washed down before Cole Bros. Circus show
The Oceanside Fire Department will use their trucks to give the pachyderm their daily bath. The Cole Bros. Circus: To the Max show will take ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
9
Nandi notebook: An elephant-size temper tantrum
20, we will keep you in the know on what's new with this precious pachyderm's progress. Sue Tygielski, Reid Park Zoo's elephant manager, ... «Arizona Daily Star, Jul 15»
10
Trump raises stakes in presidential race with verbal attacks that …
Trump may as well be the pink elephant we attempt to squint out of our consciousness only to reopen our eyes to find a pachyderm, bigger ... «The Trentonian, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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