pachydermata

Now and then a strain besieged him, but none could carry that stout heart, or overthrow that nature, the wonder of pachydermata.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 Various

French scientists, even before it; and that, palæontologically speaking, man and {89} mammoth lived at the same time, and, according to a discovery made some thirty years ago at Denise in Middle France, probably even man and another older and defunct form of pachydermata, the elephas meridionalis, in North America man and the mastodon.

The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid

For instance, among the mammalia the pachydermata, among the reptilia the salamander and newt, among the articulata the cephalopoda, are at present remarkably reduced; -- compare with the legions of ammonites and belemnites of the secondary period the small number of nautilus and cuttle-fish of the seas at the present day.

The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid

He told me a great deal about worms, and the kangaroo, and other coleoptera, and said he knew the history and ways of all such pachydermata.

Following the Equator — Part 1 Mark Twain 1872

He told me a great deal about worms, and the kangaroo, and other coleoptera, and said he knew the history and ways of all such pachydermata.

Following the Equator Mark Twain 1872

What transformations of climate to drive the pachydermata away from the pole!

The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860

After the musk-deer comes the large family of camels and llamas, which represent -- the former in Asia and Africa, the latter in America -- the irregular groups of ruminants which have canines instead of horns, and which seem to be placed as intermediates between true ruminants and the pachydermata.

The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Jean Mac�� 1854

There we find them projecting out of the mouth with a curve, as is so commonly seen among the _pachydermata_, forming those terrible, sharp, and pointed tusks which have been so often fatal to the hunter.

The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Jean Mac�� 1854

This suggests to me an idea relative to the horse, the last important member of the _pachydermata_ which remains to be spoken of.

The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Jean Mac�� 1854

It does not follow from this that his beef should be well tasted -- since we see that the hog, one of the most unclean of feeders, yields most delicious "pork;" while another of the same family (_pachydermata_) that subsists only on sweet succulent roots, produces a flesh both insipid and bitter.

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850