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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

厚皮动物

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hòupí dòngwù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pachyderm/ˈpæk.ɪ.dɜːm/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这次野生动物园展示了多种厚皮动物。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Any of a group of large, thick-skinned mammals including elephants, rhinoceroses, and hippopotamuses.

    "The safari featured a variety of wildlife, including several majestic pachyderms roaming the savannah."
  2. 2

    A term used informally to refer to someone who is insensitive or slow to understand.

    "Despite his intelligence, he can be a bit of a pachyderm when it comes to social cues."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the French pachyderme, which comes from Modern Latin pachydermus. This is rooted in the Greek roots pachys meaning 'thick' and derma meaning 'skin', historically classifying thick-skinned, non-ruminant hoofed mammals.

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