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OP Spelling bee word. Mention three times on AWADtalk, but never defined.Please note that
while all elephants are pachyderms, not all pachyderms are elephants.
pachyderm
n.
5Fr pachyderme < Gr pachydermos, thick-skinned < pachys, thick (< IE base *bhenDh3, thick, dense > Sans bah@3, dense, much) + derma, skin: see DERMA16
1 any of certain large, thick-skinned, hoofed animals, as the elephant, rhinoceros, and hippopotamus, formerly classified together
2 a thick-skinned, insensitive, stolid person
pach#y[der4mal or pach#y[der4mic
adj.
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