scleroderm
scleroderm · scleroderms
A hardened or bony integument of various animalsA hardened or bony integument of various animals.
Meaning
3 sensesA hardened or bony integument of various animals.
(obsolete)One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, such as the cowfish and trunkfish.
(obsolete)One of the Sclerodermata; a madrepore.
Origin
Ancient Greek σκληρόδερμος (sklēródermos, “with hard skin”); by surface analysis, sclero-Ancient Greek σκληρόδερμος (sklēródermos, “with hard skin”); by surface analysis, sclero- + -derm.
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Forms
plural: scleroderms| Singular | scleroderm |
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