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tax·i·der·my 
[tak-si-dur-mee] Pronunciation Key
[tak-si-dur-mee] Pronunciation Key –noun
| the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form. |
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| tax·i·der·my
(tāk'sĭ-dûr'mē) Pronunciation Key
n. The art or operation of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state. tax'i·der'mal, tax'i·der'mic adj., tax'i·der'mist n. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| taxidermy | |
noun | |
| the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance |
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Taxidermy
Tax"i*der`my\, n. [Gr. ta`xis an arranging, arrangement (fr. ta`ssein to arrange) + ? a skin, from ? to skin: cf. F. taxidermie. See Tactics, Tear, v. t.] The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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