pachyderm

IPA: pætʃɪdɝm

(obsolete, zoology) A member of the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant and tapir.
(informal) An elephant
(idiomatic) A person with thick skin; someone who is not affected by or does not care what others say about him or her.
(idiomatic) Someone who is insensitive.

Examples of "pachyderm" in Sentences

Just the horn of an irascible, endangered pachyderm.
Jwest, a pachyderm sleeping on the job doesnt call the shots.
Googling "pachyderm" repeatedly and not getting the desired result.
To be in politics, a person is better off, bein 'called a pachyderm, rather than a weasel.
The paper said the pachyderm is estimated to be 18 years old and is the fifth white elephant captured since 2001.
For example, "Elephants" actually features brass recalling a pachyderm call, accompanied by string screeches sounding like wayward seabirds.
'Dismissing constitutional checks and balances, which cannot resist it or deflect its course, the presidential pachyderm is spurred only by forces that stand outside institutions -- the media and the street.'
BBB when you can show me something in the asinus or pachyderm bill that shows where government is forcing doctors to work for a government run health care operation to provide public health care services you are just parroting things you have heard.
Although I have to say, at risk of losing my status as a sycophant (and when did a term for crazy members of the pachyderm family become the descriptor for a slavish follower? ba-dum-bum) that the "if I'm pissing people off on both sides of an issue then I must be right" ain't necessarily so.