Pachyderm is an English word with synonyms like placental. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pachyderm meaning
- A member of the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant and tapir.
- An elephant.
- A person with thick skin; someone who is not affected by or does not care what others say about them.
Synonyms of Pachyderm
Using Pachyderm
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant and tapir. | An elephant. | A person with thick skin; someone who is not affected by or does not care what others say about them.
- Useful related words include: placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal.
- In the example corpus, pachyderm often appears in combinations such as: the pachyderm.
Context around Pachyderm
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pachyderm
- In this selection, "pachyderm" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, orphaned, playing, named and somewhere stand out and add context to how "pachyderm" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an orphaned pachyderm named raghu and least one pachyderm every time. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pachyderm" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pachyderm
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She outlined a pachyderm in black marker, moving a hand steadily. (11 words)
Ko Myo taking a photo of a pachyderm somewhere in the jungle. (12 words)
The video posted on Twitter shows the pachyderm playing football with children at Kateel Durgaparameshwari Temple in Karnataka's Mangaluru. (20 words)
Working in a more traditional form, “The Elephant Whisperers” director Kartiki Gonsalves spirits audiences away to Asia’s conservation-minded Theppakadu Elephant Camp, where husband and wife Bomman and Bellie foster an orphaned pachyderm named Raghu. (36 words)
Locals spotted the carcass Thursday morning and informed the Forest Department officials, who reached the spot and started investigation to ascertain the reason behind the death of the pachyderm. (29 words)
Pachyderm test A standard test, walking an elephant over the bridge to test its strength, was performed using fourteen "test elephants" on October 14, 2002. (25 words)
Example sentences (8)
She outlined a pachyderm in black marker, moving a hand steadily.
The video posted on Twitter shows the pachyderm playing football with children at Kateel Durgaparameshwari Temple in Karnataka's Mangaluru.
Working in a more traditional form, “The Elephant Whisperers” director Kartiki Gonsalves spirits audiences away to Asia’s conservation-minded Theppakadu Elephant Camp, where husband and wife Bomman and Bellie foster an orphaned pachyderm named Raghu.
This camera is trained on the elephants' watering hole and we've caught at least one pachyderm every time we've looked.
A letter from the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests to shift the pachyderm was received by the Sri Krishna Mutt here on September 27.
Ko Myo taking a photo of a pachyderm somewhere in the jungle.
Locals spotted the carcass Thursday morning and informed the Forest Department officials, who reached the spot and started investigation to ascertain the reason behind the death of the pachyderm.
Pachyderm test A standard test, walking an elephant over the bridge to test its strength, was performed using fourteen "test elephants" on October 14, 2002.
Common combinations with pachyderm
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: