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Webster 1913 Edition

(? 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.

scleroderm ‎(plural scleroderms)

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