"pachydermal" meaning in English

See pachydermal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more pachydermal [comparative], most pachydermal [superlative]
Etymology: From pachyderm + -al or pachy- + derm + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pachyderm|al}} pachyderm + -al, {{confix|en|pachy|derm|al}} pachy- + derm + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} pachydermal (comparative more pachydermal, superlative most pachydermal)
  1. Synonym of pachydermic
    (medicine) Characterized by or characteristic of pachydermy.
    Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-pachydermal-en-adj-6As1bnJu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 7 35 7 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 5 36 4 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 3 34 1 32 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. Synonym of pachydermic
    Pertaining to the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata.
    Sense id: en-pachydermal-en-adj-pAGoomOw
  3. Synonym of pachydermic
    Pertaining to or involving elephants.
    Sense id: en-pachydermal-en-adj-O7VG7VVp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 7 35 7 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 5 36 4 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 3 34 1 32
  4. Synonym of pachydermic
    Massive; elephantine.
    Sense id: en-pachydermal-en-adj-GoVTksHp
  5. Grainy.
    Sense id: en-pachydermal-en-adj-hB0OExIJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pachy-, English terms suffixed with -al, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 7 35 7 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pachy-: 24 7 23 7 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 24 5 26 5 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 5 36 4 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 3 34 1 32

Alternative forms

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