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taxidermy

/ˈtæksɪdəmi/US/ˈtæksɪdɚmi/

taxidermy noun: the art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state.

taxidermy: the art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state
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Noun

taxidermy (countable and uncountable, plural taxidermies)

  1. The art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state.

Verb

taxidermy (third-person singular simple present taxidermies, present participle taxidermying, simple past and past participle taxidermied)

  1. (transitive) To stuff and mount the skin of a dead animal.
    • Today's taxidermying is a combination of field work, calipers and Rodin. The hunters who get the animals for the leading museums of natural science bring 'em back dead, but measured within an inch of their lives […]1945, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 218, page 26
    • It is indeed true that in recent years the business of taxidermying cats and dogs for mourning owners has blossomed into some form of art, especially in the United States.2012, Giovanni Aloi, Art and Animals

taxidermy meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Tagalog

taxidermy in Tamil

art of stuffing dead animals
பாடம் செய்தல் pāṭam ceytal

taxidermy in Malayalam

art of stuffing dead animals
ടാക്സിഡെർമി ṭāksiḍeṟmi

taxidermy in Kannada

ತೊಗಲಗೊಂಬೆ, ಚರ್ಮದ ಗೊಂಬೆ

taxidermy in Tagalog

art of stuffing dead animals
palaayusang-balat
More languagesFewer languages
taxidermy in Malay
taksidermi

Forms of taxidermy

Noun
pluraltaxidermies
Verb
third-person singular presenttaxidermies
present participletaxidermying
past participletaxidermied
pasttaxidermied

Origin of taxidermy

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

Words formed from taxidermy

Questions about taxidermy

What does taxidermy mean?
Taxidermy means the art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state.
What is taxidermy in Tamil?
Taxidermy in Tamil is பாடம் செய்தல் (pāṭam ceytal). See Taxidermy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is taxidermy?
Taxidermy can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce taxidermy?
Taxidermy is pronounced /ˈtæksɪdəmi/ (UK).
What is the plural of taxidermy?
The plural of taxidermy is taxidermies.

Words near taxidermy in the dictionary

  1. taxidermists
  2. taxidermize
  3. taxidermized
  4. taxidermizes
  5. taxidermizing
  6. taxidermy
  7. taxidermying
  8. taxidistance
  9. taxidistances
  10. taxidriver
  11. taxidrivers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: taxidermy (page history and authors); taxidermy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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