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Definition of Pachyderms
1. pachyderm [n] - See also: pachyderm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pachyderms
Literary usage of Pachyderms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"Or- ы (whales); 11, reptilian (pachyderms) ; and ... masses (ruminants), or
growing for a long time and the placenta spreading (pachyderms and cetaceans). ..."
2. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"THE ORDER OF PACHYDERMATA, OR pachyderms. THE Order of Pachydermata comprises,
according to Cuvier, three families, ..."
3. The Comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals by Auguste Chauveau (1887)
"Tlie Claws of Ruminants and pachyderms. In the Of. Sheep, and Pig, the plantar
cushion covers the bulb of the heel of each digit, where it forms a convex ..."
4. Through the Kalahari Desert: A Narrative of a Journey with Gun, Camera, and by William Hunt, G. Antonio Farini (1886)
"An elephant-hunt—A beautiful tree—Some realistic music—In ambush for the
elephants—Charged by the pachyderms—A wounded elephant doctoring himself—A ..."
5. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"They are less than -two feet in length. -, SUB-SECTION IX. _ THE ORDER OF
PACHYDERMATA, OR pachyderms. THE Order of Pachydermata comprises ..."
6. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1869)
"Only one or two species are known. They are less than two feet in length.
SUB-SECTION IX. THE ORDER OF PACHYDERMATA, OR pachyderms. ..."
7. Horns and Hoofs: Or Chapters on Hoofed Animals by Richard Lydekker (1893)
"The pachyderms of Cuvier included elephants, hippopotami, swine, rhinoceroses,
and tapirs ; and, although all these animals belong to the great order of ..."
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