THICK SKIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("thick skin" is a kind of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

Holonyms ("thick skin" is a part of...):

pachyderm (any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus)

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