Definition of taxidermy
: the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals and especially vertebrates
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Or the New York City Fire Museum, featuring ornate 19th-century hose trucks and Chief, a taxidermy-stuffed Brooklyn firehouse dog from the 1930s? Mr. Greenwald says Live is no niche app for urban adventurers.
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Now, in a world where species extinctions crowd closer than ever, Gaikwad uses taxidermy to preserve animals for the education—and wonderment—of generations to come.
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The beetle ranch is lovely: slate tile, a Viking range, knotty oak paneling and a wood stove with a preening taxidermy turkey on the wall above it.
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Museum staff then looked through the institution’s archives and found records indicating that the museum had purchased a sub-fossilized elephant bird egg from a London purveyor of taxidermy specimens in 1939.
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But the second time around, the two reinvented their décor, from eccentric, with showy colors and taxidermy, including a crown-wearing crocodile, to evolved and unapologetic, with tasteful collisions of high- and low-pairings.
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Among the attractions is a taxidermy mount of the now-extinct California grizzly bear.
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Having quit the veterinary hospital to dedicate himself to taxidermy full time, Gaikwad now works at the Wildlife Taxidermy Center established for him at Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
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Vendors will sell items ranging from taxidermy, antiques and animal bones to odd jewelry, unusual art and all-round creepy, strange and bizarre items.
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Origin and Etymology of taxidermy
TAXIDERMY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of taxidermy for English Language Learners
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: the skill, activity, or job of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of dead animals so that they look like they did when they were alive
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Definition of taxidermy for Students
: the practice or job of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals
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