Definition of Taxidirmy
Taxidermy, the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals
for exhibition in cabinets.
- Wikipedia
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.
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 Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The art of stuffing, and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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