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pachy-
Thick.
Greek pakhus, thick.
A pachyderm (Greek derma, skin) is a very large mammal with thick skin, such as an elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus, while pachyderma is a condition in which the skin becomes thickened; a pachymeter is a device for measuring the thickness of thin structures, especially the cornea of the eye; a pachycephalosaur (Greek kephalē, head, plus sauros, lizard) is a bipedal herbivorous dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period, with a thick domed skull.
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