scleroderm

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek σκληρόδερμος (sklēródermos, “with hard skin”); by surface analysis, sclero- +‎ -derm.

Noun

scleroderm (plural scleroderms)

1. (pathology) Alternative form of scleroderma.
2. (zoology, obsolete) One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, such as the cowfish and trunkfish.
3. (zoology, obsolete) One of the Sclerodermata; a madrepore.
4. A hardened or bony integument of various animals.

See also

• Scleroderma

References

• “scleroderm”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “scleroderm”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “scleroderm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)