2007-03-23 13:13:38 · 20 answers · asked by kellstar202 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Elephant!
2007-03-23 13:15:36 · answer #1 · answered by doingitallforwrenches 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Pachydermata (meaning "thick skin") is an obsolete order of mammals described by Georges Cuvier and at one time recognised by many systematists. Because it is polyphyletic, the order Pachydermata is no longer in use, but it is important in the history of systematics. Although it is often described as an artificial grouping of unrelated mammals, it was recognised as a grade of hooved mammals to the exception of other Ungulates by zoologists such as Charles Darwin, and anatomical characters do support the affinities of "Pachyderm" mammals to each other and to other Ungulates.
Cuvier's Pachydermata included the mammals now placed within Perissodactyla, Hyracoidea, and Proboscidea, as well as the Suina within Artiodactyla. Therefore modern "Pachydermata" would be represented by the horses and their relatives, the tapirs, the rhinoceroses, the elephants, the hippopotamuses, the peccaries and the pigs.
The term "pachyderm" is now often, even usually used, to describe a proboscid, especially an elephant.
2007-03-23 13:17:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
What Does Pachyderm Mean
2017-01-13 12:24:38 · answer #3 · answered by troxell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One entry found for pachyderm.
Main Entry: pachy·derm
Pronunciation: 'pa-ki-"d&rm
Function: noun
Etymology: French pachyderme, from Greek pachydermos thick-skinned, from pachys thick + derma skin; akin to Sanskrit bahu dense, much -- more at DERM-
: any of various nonruminant mammals (as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin; especially : ELEPHANT
2007-03-24 07:01:10 · answer #4 · answered by carly071 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pachyderm is an animal with thick skin, like elephants, rhinoceroses, and hippopotami.
2014-06-04 02:57:00 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a name for an Elephant!
2007-03-23 13:15:47 · answer #6 · answered by Greybeard 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pachyderm
A mammal of the (now obsolete) group Pachydermata (‘with thick skin’). The name was used for those ungulates which do not ‘chew the cud’, especially the elephants, but also rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, horses, pigs, and other perissodactyls.
Origin: 1830–40; Gk pachý(s) thick + -dérmata, neut. pl. of -dermatos -skinned, adj. deriv. of dermat-, s. of dérma skin, derma1
2007-03-23 13:38:20 · answer #7 · answered by Hamish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the scientific/zoological name 4 an elephant
2007-03-23 13:28:16 · answer #8 · answered by lees 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on its context but the usual meaning is 'elephant'.
2007-03-23 13:17:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
a pack a derm elephants
2007-03-23 13:26:11 · answer #10 · answered by John W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋