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Webster 1913 Edition


Scleroderm

Scler′o-derm

(? or ?; 277)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
σκληρόσ
hard +
δέρμα
skin: cf. F.
scléroderme
.]
(a)
(Zool.)
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.