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Definition of Pachydermata

Pachydermata
Pachydermata Pach`y*der"ma*ta, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? thick-skinned; pachy`s thick + ? skin.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog. It is now considered an artificial group.

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- Pachydermata (meaning 'thick skin', from the Gr**** παχύς, pachys, 'thick', and δέρμα, derma, 'skin') is an obsolete order of mammals described by Gottlieb...
- Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pachyderm may refer to: Any of the Pachydermata, an obsolete 19th-century taxonomic order of mammals that included elephants...
- Carnivora), Tertiates (or Glires) and Quaternates (including Gravigrada, Pachydermata and Ruminantia), but these new taxa were not accepted. Before Anderson...
- that of a hare". He identified it as belonging to an extinct order of Pachydermata, with teeth resembling those of the Chaeropotamus and the general form...
- of fictional animals List of individual elephants The taxonomic order Pachydermata is obsolete; while rhinos are related to elephants, hippos are more closely...
- do****entary "Loxodonta", "African forest elephant", "African bush elephant", "Pachydermata", "Babar the Elephant", "Elephant", "Oregon", "George Washington", "Latchkey...
- most of the smallest quadrupeds: In many details it is allied to the Pachydermata: Judging from the position of its eyes, ears, and nostrils, it was probably...
- (1772–1844) and Georges Cuvier (1769–1832) introduced the term "pachyderm" (Pachydermata), including in it not only the rhinos and elephants, but also the hippos...
- pay pach- thick Gr**** παχύς (pakhús), πάχος, πάχεος (pákhos, pákheos) pachydermata, pachyglossia, pachynsis, Pachypodium pact- fasten Latin pangere "to...
- 1748: as above plus rhinoceroses Order Lipotyphla Order and/or Suborder Pachydermata Perissodactyls, elephants, hippopotamuses, peccaries, pigs, and sometimes...