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Meaning of SCLERODERM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Scler"o*derm\ (? or ?; 277), n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard +
de`rma skin: cf. F. scl['e]roderme.]
(a) (Zo["o]l.) One of a tribe of plectognath fishes
    ({Sclerodermi}) having the skin covered with hard scales,
    or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish.
(b) One of the Sclerodermata.
(c) Hardened, or bony, integument of various animals.
 
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