taxidermy
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taxidermy
- /ˈtæksɪdəmi/ UK
- /ˈtæksɪdɚmi/ Canada, US
- /ˈtæksɪdəmi/ Australia
- /ˈtɛksədəmi/ New Zealand
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Borrowed from French taxidermie, from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”, “order”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”). Analysable as taxi- + derm- + -y.
noun taxidermies
- The art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state.
verb taxidermies · taxidermying · taxidermied
- 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 […]
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noun art of stuffing dead animals
| Español | taxidermia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 박제 bakje |
| 日本語 | 剥製術 hakuseijutsu, 剥製 hakusei |
| 中文 | 動物標本剝制術 /动物标本剥制术 dòngwù biāoběn bōzhìshù, 剝製 /剥制 bōzhì |
| Português | taxidermia |
| Français | taxidermie |
| Deutsch | Tierpräparation, Taxidermie, Ausstopfen, Ausstopfung |
| Italiano | tassidermia |
| Ελληνικά | ταξιδερμία taxidermía, ταξιδερμική taxidermikí |
| Română | taxidermie, împăiere |
| Русский | таксидерми́я taksidermíja, наби́вка чу́чел nabívka čúčel |
| עברית | פִּחְלוּץ piḥlutz |
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