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noun
Alternative form of scleroderma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, such as the cowfish and trunkfish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
One of the Sclerodermata; a madrepore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
A hardened or bony integument of various animals.
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History
Ancient Greek σκληρόδερμος (sklēródermos, “with hard skin”); by surface analysis, sclero- + -derm.
