taxidermy
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sɪˌdɜr noun
the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form.
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taxidermy (ˈtæksɪˌdɜːmɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| the art or process of preparing, stuffing, and mounting animal skins so that they have a lifelike appearance | |
| [C19: from Greek taxis arrangement + -dermy, from Greek derma skin] | |
| taxi'dermal | |
| —adj | |
| taxi'dermic | |
| —adj | |
| 'taxidermist | |
| —n | |
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Taxidermy
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
taxidermy
1820, from Gk. taxis "arrangement," from tassein "arrange" (see tactics) + derma "skin."
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Example sentences
On-site taxidermy services stuff and mount trophy fish.
Mail clerks raised money to have his body preserved by taxidermy.
Oddly, the world has yet to see the first cloned stuffed animal-a taxidermy specimen sampled to make a spanking new creature.
Some furbearers may be sold whole to someone in the taxidermy field.
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