Pachyderm

Definition: Pachyderm

Pachyderm

Noun

1. Any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus.

Date "pachyderm" was first used: 1838. (references)

Etymology: Pachyderm \Pach"y*derm\, noun. [Compare to the French expression pachyderme.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: Pachyderm

English words defined with "pachyderm": elephant ♦ Pachy-. (references)

Specialty definitions using "pachyderm": Deinotherium. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Pachyderm" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Manx (pachyderm).

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Commercial Usage: Pachyderm

Domain	Title
Books	Ruby: The Painting Pachyderm of the Phoenix Zoo (reference) The Adventures of Kitten and Pachyderm and Short Stories (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Live at Pachyderm Studios [LIVE] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Pachyderm

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Non-Fiction Usage: Pachyderm

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	DEINOTHERIUM, n. An extinct pachyderm that flourished when the Pterodactyl was in fashion. The latter was a native of Ireland, its name being pronounced Terry Dactyl or Peter O'Dactyl, as the man pronouncing it may chance to have heard it spoken or seen it printed.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pachyderm

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
pachyderm pool	10
pachyderm	9
pachyderm studio	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Pachyderm

Language		Translations for "pachyderm"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pakiderm (pachydermatous). (various references)

Arabic		‏الشثني حيوان. (various references)

Bulgarian		дебелокож (thick-skinned). (various references)

Dutch		dikhuidige. (various references)

Farsi		جانورپوست کلفت(ج ش)(مثل کرگدن). (various references)

French		pachyderme. (various references)

German		dickhäuter. (various references)

Greek		παχύδερμο. (various references)

Hebrew		עב�" עור. (various references)

Hungarian		vastagbőrűek, vastagbőrű (armour-plated). (various references)

Italian		pachiderma (pachydermal). (various references)

Manx		pachyderm. (various references)

Pig Latin		achydermpay.(various references)

Portuguese		paxá (pasqueflower). (various references)

Romanian		pachiderm, nesimţit (callous, pachydermatous, stealthily, thick-skinned), cu obrazul gros (pachydermatous). (various references)

Russian		толстокожее животное. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		debelokožac (thickskinned). (various references)

Spanish		paquidermo (pachydermatous). (various references)

Swedish		tjockhuding. (various references)

Turkish		kalın derili hayvan. (various references)

Ukranian		товстошкіра тварина. (various references)

Vietnamese		người không biết nhục. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Pachyderm

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	pachydermos. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Pachyderm

Derivations
	Words beginning with "pachyderm": pachydermatous, pachyderms. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Pachyderm" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: achyderm, pachydermal, pachyderme, pachydermic, pacyderm, phacyderm. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Pachyderm"

Words rhyming with "pachyderm" (pronounced 'Pach"y*derm'): Arthroderm, Blastoderm, Echinoderm, Ectoderm, Epiderm, Malacoderm, Megaderm, mesoderm, Periderm, Phelloderm, Placoderm, Scleroderm, Spermoderm, Stenoderm, Syphiloderm. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Pachyderm

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-h-m-p-r-y"
	-2 letters: champed, champer, charmed, cramped, eparchy, marched, parched, preachy.
	-3 letters: arched, camped, camper, carped, champy, chared, craped, creamy, cypher, damper, decamp, drachm, drapey, dreamy, echard, eparch, hamper, harmed, harped, hydrae, peachy, prayed, preach, ramped, redcap, rhymed.
	-4 letters: ached, acred, apery, arced, armed, cadre, campy, caped, caper, cared, cedar, champ, chape, chard, chare, charm, chary, cheap, chyme, cramp, crape, cream, crepy, cyder, cymae, cymar, deary, decay, decry, deray, derma, drape, dream, hardy, hared, harem, harpy, hayed, hayer, heady, heard, hempy, herma, hydra, hyped, hyper, maced, macer, mache, madre, march, mayed, mercy, paced, pacer, padre, parch, pardy, pared, payed, payer, peach, perch, perdy, raced, raped, raphe, rayed, reach, ready, recap, remap, repay, rhyme.
	-5 letters: aced, ache, achy, acme, acre, aery, ahem, aped, aper, arch, army, cade, came, camp, cape, caph, card, care, carp, chad, cham, chap, char, chay, cram, crap, cyma, cyme, dace, dame, damp, dare, dear, demy, derm, dram, dray, dyer, each, emyd, epha, eyra, hade, haed, haem, hame, hard, hare, harm, harp, head, heap, hear, hemp, herd, herm, hype, mace, mach, made, marc, mare, mead, pace, pard, pare, pear, pech, perm, pram, pray, prey, pyre, race, racy, ramp, rape, read, ream, reap, rhea, yard, yare, yeah, year, yech.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-h-m-p-r-y"
	+1 letter: pachyderms.
	+4 letters: chlamydospore.
	+5 letters: chlamydospores, dermatoglyphic, hypodermically, pachydermatous.
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