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taxidermy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Taxidermy \Tax"i*der`my\, n. [Gr. ? an arranging, arrangement (fr. ? 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. The art of stuffing, and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state.
WordNet
n. the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance
Wikipedia
Taxidermy (from the Greek for arrangement of skin) is the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals (especially vertebrates) for display (e.g., as hunting trophies or museum display) or for other sources of study (like species identification) or simply the preservation of a beloved pet. Taxidermy can be done on all vertebrate species of animals, including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians.
A person who practices taxidermy is called a taxidermist. They may practice professionally for museums or as businesses catering to hunters and fishermen, or as amateurs, such as hobbyists, hunters, and fishermen. A taxidermist is aided by familiarity with anatomy, sculpture, painting, and tanning.
Taxidermy is a 2000 album by UK independent band Queen Adreena. The enhanced-CD release includes a short film by Martina Hoogland-Ivanow involving time-lapse photography and dream-like visuals of movement and beauty.
Taxidermy is a 2005 album with Gothic rock and industrial dance by Abney Park. The album is a collection of new versions of songs from past albums, some live tracks, and two covers.
Taxidermy is the stuffing and mounting of dead animals.
Taxidermy may also refer to:
- Taxidermy (QueenAdreena album), 2000
- Taxidermy (Abney Park album), 2005
- "Taxidermy" (song), a song by White Lies
Usage examples of "taxidermy".
Comb and scissors are standard tools in taxidermy, and of course blow dryers.
So at eighteen I was a Yale-bound youth with a summer before me to spend with my stamps and my taxidermy and my mother.
Eastern States Taxidermy Convention that year and I had high hopes in the Dead Zoo category, which means a tableau of animals.
Years ago when he was still a teenaged kid, Tuttle is at one of those weird taxidermy shows he goes to.
On registration day at taxidermy school I distinctly saw the eyes of the stuffed moose Move.
He had become entirely distracted by the text before him, which happened to be taxidermy, while the copy-cat continued to extrude copies of the crewel lye recipe.
Time captured, you see, in the taxidermy, in the religious relics and the pickled parts.
His parents died of rad sickness when he was eleven, and he headed for the hills, lived in a ville near Telluride and learned all about taxidermy from an old-timer.
He led them through a side door of the taxidermy shop and headed toward the hangar.
She wished she had not discarded the large blue coat at the taxidermy shop.
Buckhorn Lodge down by the railroad tracks for the largest steaks and the biggest display of taxidermy anywhere in this city.
Upon reaching the outpost, they unloaded their Demoncats at the taxidermy shop, retired to their chalet to bath, shave and change into fresh clothes, and then met at the restaurant for dinner.
Moore walked past a large bookcase that was filled to overflowing with anatomy and taxidermy texts and an occasional illustrated history book, then sat down on the edge of her cluttered desk.
There followed a chamber filled with exhibits of rather mediocre taxidermy, and it soon became apparent that the museum was in serious need of a Natural History curator: polar animals were mixed with grassland herbivores, and one particular diorama actually displayed a fish-eating amphibian grazing on some forest ferns.
The owners contacted charter fishermen and taxidermy shops and in three months had purchased ten stuffed hammerhead sharks, which they planted in a row behind the swimming pool.