scleroderm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of scleroderma.
  2. One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, such as the cowfish and trunkfish.
  3. One of the Sclerodermata; a madrepore.
  4. A hardened or bony integument of various animals.

Word forms

scleroderm scleroderms

Etymology

Ancient Greek σκληρόδερμος (sklēródermos, “with hard skin”); by surface analysis, sclero- + -derm.

Related words

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