taxidermist


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
taxidermy /ˈtaksɪˌdəːmi/
noun the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals so as to give them a lifelike appearance.
– derivatives
taxidermal adjective,
taxidermic adjective,
taxidermically adverb,
taxidermist noun.
– origin C19: from Gk taxis ‘arrangement’ + derma ‘skin’.
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