stuffed animal

American

[stuhft an-uh-muhl] / ˈstʌft ˈæn ə məl /

noun

a child's toy or decorative item in the form of an animal, usually having a plush exterior and a soft, light filling.
an animal preserved for display, usually by filling or mounting its skin on a shaped support structure; a product of taxidermy.

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Even as they warm to one another, the still-anxious Boy begins feeling queasy, with disastrous results that literally and spectacularly spoil his cute first-date gift of a stuffed animal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Leo is tucking an elephant stuffed animal into a toy bed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

Moments before her death, Ms Marquez was sitting at a table holding a stuffed animal at her beauty salon in the suburb of Zapopan doing a livestream.

From BBC • May 14, 2025

“I imagine what it would be like to be my favorite stuffed animal, Caravaggio, and the fires coming and reaching her.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

I had a stuffed animal, a little giraffe, and I'd hug it the whole time she was gone.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar

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