pachyderm
noun
any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as elephants, hippopotamuses, and rhinoceroses.
pachydermous
-
a word derived from
pachyderm.
Example Sentences
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Unfazed, Bugs Bunny says, “Watch me paste this pathetic palooka with a powerful paralyzing perfect pachydermous percussion pitch.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2021
They moved on to the great statue of Ganesha, the elephant-headed god, round whose pachydermous head flared a halo of electric lights.
From Time Magazine Archive
Albert, 41, five-ton dean of the Ringling circus pachydermous corps.
From Time Magazine Archive
The unicorn of holy writ would appear rather to be a pachydermous creature, of great strength and formidable ferocity.
From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Évariste Régis Huc
It was impossible to score an advantage over his stolid strength and pachydermous insensibility.
From The Fighting Edge by William MacLeod Raine
