taxidermy
noun/ˈtæksɪdɜːmi/
/ˈtæksɪdɜːrmi/
[uncountable]- the art of stuffing dead animals, birds and fish with a special material so that they look like living ones and can be displayedTopics Hobbiesc2Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Greek taxis ‘arrangement’ + derma ‘skin’.
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