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Taxidermy

//ˈtæksɪdɚmi// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To stuff and mount the skin of a dead animal. transitive

    "Today's taxidermying is a combination of field work, calipers and Rodin. The hunters who get the animals for the leading museums of natural science bring 'em back dead, but measured within an inch of their lives […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French taxidermie, from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”, “order”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”). Analysable as taxi- + derm- + -y.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French taxidermie, from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”, “order”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”). Analysable as taxi- + derm- + -y.

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