Scler"o*derm [Gr. hard + skin: cf. F. scl'eroderme.] (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.
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