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Definition of taxidermy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

taxidermy

noun
 
/ˈtæksɪdɜːmi/
 
/ˈtæksɪdɜːrmi/
[uncountable]
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  1. the art of stuffing dead animals, birds and fish with a special material so that they look like living ones and can be displayedTopics Hobbiesc2
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Greek taxis ‘arrangement’ + derma ‘skin’.
See taxidermy in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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