Taxidermy Definition

tăksĭ-dûrmē
noun
The art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals, so as to create lifelike replicas.
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Other Word Forms of Taxidermy

Noun

Singular:
taxidermy
Plural:
taxidermies

Origin of Taxidermy

  • From Ancient Greek τάξις (taxis, “arrangement", "order") + δέρμα (dérma, “skin")

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Taxidermy Sentence Examples

  • This includes taxidermy, skulls, ancient artifacts, various artifacts from different cultures.

  • Victorian taxidermy was the font of the idea that we can explore, understand and tame the species that we share the world with.

  • Sightings and attacks of the Chupacabra continued after 2000, with an amazing claim in September of 2009 by Taxidermy expert, Jerry Ayer, of Texas that he'd captured an actual Chupacabra.

  • In the meantime, he plans to stuff the creature and display it at the Blanco Taxidermy School.

  • The Museum offers outstanding examples of nineteenth-century taxidermy at its very best and was bequeathed to the nation in 1938.

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