pachyderm

"thick-skinned animal" (typically, an elephant)

/ˈpækɪdɜːm $ -dɜːrm/

'derm' as in pHisoderm

- A competing Tammany Hall exhibit several doors down boasted a live elephant—representing Republicans eating the city—but it looked to Bell like the anti-Tammany show was outdrawing the pachyderm four-to-one. (Clive Cussler and Justin Scott - The Gangster)

- Even the most stubborn pachyderm can be motivated when asked to consider the worst-case scenarios of not completing an estate plan. (Maurer - Simple Money)



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