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THICK SKIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros)
Classified under:
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)