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pachydermatous

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pachydermatous

[¦pak·ə¦dər·məd·əs]
(medicine)
Abnormally thick-skinned.
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References in periodicals archive
Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous, and dentate mammalia in the British Museum: London, British Museum (Natural History).
Two new glyptodont records (Mammalia: Cingulata) from the late Pleistocene of Tamaulipas and Tlaxcala, Mexico: implications for the taxonomy of the genus Glyptotherium
LaFave, Pinguitudinous Police, Pachydermatous Prey: Whence Fourth Amendment "Seizures"?, 1991 U.
Free to leave? An empirical look at the Fourth Amendment's seizure standard
(Esslin 181-82; Sarrute 1960 interview) Esslin notes that the characters in the play choose a pachydermatous existence because "they admire brute force and the simplicity that springs from the suppression of over-tender humanistic feelings" (182).
Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros: defiance vs. conformism / Eugene Ionesco'nun Rhinoceros adli eseri: muhalefet konformizme karsi
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