taxidermal

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tax•i•der•my /ˈtæksɪˌdɜrmi/   n. [uncountable]

1. the art of preserving, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals in lifelike form.

tax•i•der•mist, n. [countable] See -derm-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

tax•i•der•my  (tak′si dûr′mē), n. 

1. the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form.

• taxi- + Greek dérm(a) skin (see derma) + -y³ 1810–20

tax′i•der′mal, tax′i•der′mic, adj. 
tax′i•der′mist, n.