pachyderm
noun
any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as elephants, hippopotamuses, and rhinoceroses.
pachydermic
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a word derived from
pachyderm.
Example Sentences
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Instinctively realizing that the pachydermic parade was headed for his room, T. Haviland Hicks, Jr., rushed to the closet, murmuring, "Safety first!" as usual, and stowed away his banjo.
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice
The pachydermic Butch, fully dressed—and awake, raging in his wrath like an active volcano, glanced at his watch, and discovered that it was exactly five A.M.!
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice
Perhaps the pachydermic Beef's grim attitude unnerved the wonderful Bob Forsythe, for he passed that elephantine youth.
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice
At length, he left the road on which the pachydermic aggregation had lumbered for some distance, and turned up a long lane, leading to a farm-house.
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice
Never before, or afterward, not even when the luckless Butch fell in love, and T. Haviland Hicks, Jr., assisted Cupid, did the pachydermic Butch act so insanely as on this occasion.
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice
