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Pachydermatous

Pachydermatous \Pach`y*der"ma*tous\, a.

  1. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the pachyderms.

  2. Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule.

  3. (Med.) Of or pertaining to pachyderma.

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pachydermatous

a. 1 of or relating to the pachyderms 2 thick-skinned, insensitive

WordNet
pachydermatous
  1. adj. of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms [syn: pachydermal, pachydermic, pachydermous]

  2. emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion" [syn: callous, thick-skinned, indurate]

Usage examples of "pachydermatous".

The resemblance, in the shape of the body and in the fin-like anterior limbs, between the dugong, which is a pachydermatous animal, and the whale, and between both these mammals and fishes, is analogical.

As the Megarite peeled off the close-fitting garment, Onami stepped out of the booth and gave her pachydermatous hide a clinical once-over, making sure the drysuit was proving effective at keeping it moist.

Cutler, the British officer, was pachydermatous to ideas, but punctilious about behaviour.