1838, from French pachyderme (c. 1600), adopted as a biological term 1797 by French naturalist Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832), from Greek pachydermos "thick-skinned," from pachys "thick, large, massive," from PIE *bhengh- "thick, fat" (cognates: Sanskrit bahu- "much, numerous" Avestan bazah- "height, depth," Hittite pankush "large," Old Norse bingr "heap," Old High German bungo "a bulb," Lithuanian biess "thick") + derma "skin" (see derma).
实用例句
1. Soar high above Fantasyland aboard everyone s favorite pachyderm.
登上人见人爱的小飞象,在幻想世界的天空里展翅高飞.来自互联网
2. An pachyderm pictured at Addo Elephant National Park the Eastern Cape region of South Africa.
