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pachyderm

noun as in nonruminant hoofed mammal

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His keepers fed the beast copious amounts of port, Champagne, and whiskey to pacify the persnickety pachyderm.

The fuzzy pachyderm figured out how to use her trunk to grab stuff in the first week.

Occasionally he paused at the clink clink of the elephant irons or at the "whuff" as the uneasy pachyderm poured dust on his head.

They were passing on silent as spectres, the tread of the ponderous pachyderm being noiseless as that of a cat.

In the first place, it is evident that we may dismiss from our minds the idea that the Behemoth was an extinct pachyderm.

He had friends—yes, and they held him high—but seeming and report held him pachyderm, and they trod upon his heart.

Their puny pen pricks have about the same effect as mosquito bites on the pachyderm.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pachyderm, such as: elephant, hippopotamus, mammoth, mastodon, and rhinoceros.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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