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What is a pachyderm?

What is a pachyderm? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Someone (or something) with thick skin. It is used for animals such as an elephant or a hippopotamus.
  2. (obsolete, zoology) A member of the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant, pig and horse.
  3. (informal) An elephant
  4. (idiomatic) A person with thick skin; someone who is not affected by or does not care what others say about him or her.
  5. (idiomatic) Someone who is insensitive.
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His keepers fed the beast copious amounts of port, champagne, and whiskey to pacify the persnickety pachyderm.
It had not been a delicate negotiation, because Mrs. Cole-Mortimer had the skin of a pachyderm.
Their contention is the stage is not strong enough to have the pachyderm onstage.
Round off this eventful morning with a photo shooting you and the pachyderm.
A little more of the pachyderm would help me in this respect.
It is true there was much reason in his holding to the opinion that the hyrax is no pachyderm.

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