taxidermist
Americannoun
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taxidermists
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Explanation
Those creepy stuffed and mounted raccoons in your grandparents' house were crafted by a taxidermist, a person who is skilled at making lifelike displays from the bodies of dead animals. Taxidermy is the art of preserving, arranging, and displaying animal bodies so they can be hung on hunters' walls or set up in natural history museums. A person who practices taxidermy is called a taxidermist. Some taxidermists are trained professionals and others do it as a hobby, preserving the animal's skin, shaping it on a wooden or wire form, and adding specially made glass eyes.
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"I don't really have a strong opinion of it either way. I guess I just leave that to the guys that know what they're doing," said Crystal Smith, a 46-year-old taxidermist.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Except, one taxidermist notes, when the process is done, instead of having golden fried potato strips in each basket, all that is left are bones.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
The agency obtained samples from the animal from a taxidermist soon afterward.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
Also assisting in the field analyses were co-authors Mike Hall, a geologist at Monash University, and Peter Swinkels, a taxidermist at Museums Victoria Research Institute and an expert at preserving specimens through moldings and casts.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2023
What lunatic had decided that when people died you should hire a taxidermist to fix them up for one final look?
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
They were mounted by some of the foremost taxidermists of the time — Jonas Brothers Taxidermy, no relation to the pop band — and displayed at Brockhouse’s West Sioux Hardware store.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
There are taxidermists and churches, fast-food chains and antique shops.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2022
Many of the outsiders who made the heads were mortuary technicians, taxidermists and medical doctors.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2021
For area taxidermists, the drive to practice their trade comes from their own love of hunting and the many stories that come with it.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 10, 2021
His head was still intact and his two glass eyes stared up at her with the helpless look that is the specialty of taxidermists.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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