scleroderm
Meanings
noun
- Alternative form of scleroderma.
- One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, such as the cowfish and trunkfish.
- One of the Sclerodermata; a madrepore.
- A hardened or bony integument of various animals.
Word forms
Etymology
Ancient Greek σκληρόδερμος (sklēródermos, “with hard skin”); by surface analysis, sclero- + -derm.
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