# scleroderm

> English word · Noun

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

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

## Source
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