Crossword-Solution: PACHYDERMATA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pachydermata | n. pl. | A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog. It is now considered an artificial group. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “PACHYDERMATA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| CLASSIFICATION of mammals | 1 answer |
| THICK-skinned, non-ruminant, hoofed mammals, former classification of | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise;
as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening.
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Move
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Sentences with PACHYDERMATA (5)
Owen states, proves indisputably that it was intimately related to the Gnawers, the order which, at the present day, includes most of the smallest quadrupeds: in many details it is allied to the Pachydermata: judging from the position of its eyes, ears, and nostrils, it was probably aquatic, like the Dugong and Manatee, to which it is also allied.
This formation is highly remarkable, from abounding with mammiferous remains, which have not as yet been examined by Professor Owen, but which include some large, but mostly small, species of Pachydermata, Edentata, and Rodentia.
But where does the hog come in? Why should you weep over him? And what are the Lady’s Observations on the Common Hog?’ ‘Read them for yourself.’ Frank read out aloud: ‘“The hog belongs to the order Mammalia, the genus _sus scrofa_, and the species _pachydermata_, or thick-skinned.
This assures you that, in the order of the _Pachydermata_, the digestive apparatus is very fully developed.
There we find them projecting out of the mouth with a curve, as is so commonly seen among the _pachydermata_, forming those terrible, sharp, and pointed tusks which have been so often fatal to the hunter.