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SCLERODERM
One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with heavy scales, or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish.
Hardened, or bony, integument of different animals.
Origin: Gr. Heavy + skin: cf. F. Scleroderme.