taxidermy
noun
the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form.
taxidermal
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a word derived from
taxidermy.
Example Sentences
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Dotted around at Turner Contemporary are hybrid taxidermal inventions by Thomas Grünfeld: a sheep-and-st-bernard cross, a penguin that tapers to an iridescent peacock's head.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2013
Back at Walton Hall he set grimly to work, applying his taxidermal brilliance to a hideous revenge.
From Time Magazine Archive
An extensive culinary apparatus, guns and ammunition, taxidermal and medicinal chests, physical instruments, including a photographic establishment, rope, macheta, axe, saw, nails, candles, matches, and a thousand et cætera, completed our outfit.
From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by James Orton
