taxidermy

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance

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

Taxidermy, chiropody and theology are not kindred sciences. — Remarks, Bill Nye
Hornaday Our Vanishing Wild Life " " Taxidermy and Zoölogical Collecting " " Two Years in the Jungle " " My Mark Twain W.D. — Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools: Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists, Unknown
"Achang learned something about taxidermy from the naturalist he travelled with, and he has promised to skin and mount one of them for me." — Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics, Oliver Optic

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