10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PACHYDERMOUS»
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pachydermous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Mosses and other bryophytes: an illustrated glossary
... preferring a basic habitat). pachycladous — having thick branches.
pachydermous (or pachydermatous) — having a thick skin or wall (•above,
middle and right) (similar to in- crassate, thick-walled) (compare with
leptodermous, thin-skinned ...
William McLagan Malcolm, Nancy Malcolm, 2006
2
The American Midland Naturalist
The species varies from a leptodermous extreme (type material; probably from an
unusually moist site) to moderately pachydermous, with relatively small or
moderate trigones, that may be moderately bulging (North Carolina, South
Carolina, ...
3
The Natural History of Horses: The Equidæ Or Genus Equus of ...
the other to Ruminantia : hut Baron Cuvier, following at first the same distribution,
finally made the genus horse one of the pachydermous order, and leaving it
undivided, fixed the location last in that series, and immediately before Camelus,
...
Charles Hamilton Smith, Conrad Gesner, 1841
4
The Naturalist's Library, I. Mammalia
... an unknown distance in northern Africa.t * Such as the rudiments of two other
toes attached to each of the canon bones, the structure of the stomach, the teeth,
are pachydermous ; the consolidation of the phalanges, separately immoveable ...
5
Travels in Tartary Thibet and China, Volume Two: 1844-1846
The unicorn of holy writ would appear rather to be a pachydermous creature, of
great strength and formidable ferocity. According to travellers, it still exists in
Central Africa, and the Arabs call it Aboukarn [abu-garn]. 3H TRAVELS IN
TARTAR Y,
Gabet,, Huc,, Paul Pelliot, 2014
6
The Doctor: A Tale of the Rockies
... and pachydermous, it took Dugald Robertson, the minister's son, just half an
hour's hard fighting to extract a promise of good behaviour. Dugald was in the
main a thoughtful, peaceable boy, the most advanced pupil in the entrance class,
...
7
Orion Blinded: Essays on Claude Simon
... through their respective voices: "the two people, then, reduced to only their
voices, to their principles, so to speak, their essentials, the voice with the prima
donna's doleful and pathetic inflections colliding with the other's pachydermous, ...
Randi Birn, Karen Gould, 1981
8
Alfred's Wars: Sources and Interpretations of Anglo-Saxon ...
the English were a pachydermous bedfellow, whose minor movements affected
Welsh politics at every stage, and it seems that what the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
recorded was not necessarily what affected Mercia and/or Wales.39 Stephen ...
9
Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa
Description of a fragment of a jaw of an unknown extinct pachydermous animal,
from the Valley of the Murkunda: Tetraconodon magnum vel Choerithium. In C.
Murchison, ed., Palaeontological Memoirs and Notes ofthe Late Hugh Falconer, ...
Meave G. Leakey, John Michael Harris, 2013
10
The Disinherited: A Novel of the 1930s
Bill was a retired barkeep and active bootlegger; while Jimmie was a moist and
pachydermous Greek whose air of excessive joviality and all around bonhomie
became bore- some. We had less than twenty dollars apiece, and hunted work ...
9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PACHYDERMOUS»
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pachydermous is used in the context of the following news items.
'Should I have paid for dubious information?'
Abdul Rahman was so pachydermous that he even had the temerity to claim that he is emulating me when he tweeted: “When BN questioned the credibility of ... «Malaysiakini, Jul 15»
Mayor of London Boris Johnson on pubs, affordable housing and …
I've become quite pachydermous. I'm not saying the bullet hasn't been made that could penetrate my hide, but this is the sixth election I have ... «Time Out London, Apr 15»
Cricket in rugby country
We bite our tongues and grow increasingly pachydermous. Of course many more Kiwis love to talk about that 1992 World Cup run of glory - and ignore the rest. «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jan 15»
Superhero dads: Secrets are out, identities revealed in Father's Day …
He would always tell us to be pachydermous (thick skinned). Let others' negativity roll down your back. Have a positive attitude, set your goals, ... «Tribune-Review, Jun 13»
Looking down, looking around with aerial photography
They could be reliefs Henry Moore sculpted in obsidian, or fossils of some unimaginable pachydermous creature. Brian Kaplan's “248 Shore ... «Boston Globe, Apr 13»
Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light
... Arp's wrinkles are positively pachydermous). When Brandt turned to literal landscapes, at the end of the war, the results were no less stylized. «Boston Globe, Mar 13»
Baseball's All-Time Funniest Quotes, Rants, Zingers & One-Liners
"Watch me paste this pathetic palooka with a powerful, paralyzing, perfect, pachydermous percussion pitch." Granted, Bugs' waxing comic at ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 12»
Stages of love and loss
... put up with before getting her into the back seat of that pachydermous old station wagon or on to the lumpy mattress on Cotter's littered floor.”. «Financial Times, Jul 12»
A northern zoo is no place for an elephant
While many think their pachydermous skin is tough, elephants in fact have exquisitely delicate feet. In zoos, elephants spend hours upon hours ... «Toronto Star, May 11»
