taxidermy

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tax=i=der=my

CIDE DICTIONARY

taxidermy, n. [Gr. an arranging, arrangement (fr. to arrange) + a skin, from to skin: cf. F. taxidermie. See Tactics, Tear, v. t.].

 The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

taxidermy, n. the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals with lifelike effect.

Derivative

taxidermal adj. taxidermic adj. taxidermist n.

Etymology

Gk taxis arrangement + derma skin

THESAURUS

taxidermy

anatomy, anhydration, animal physiology, anthropology, biology, blast-freezing, bottling, brining, canning, comparative anatomy, conchology, corning, curing, dehydration, desiccation, dry-curing, drying, ecology, embalming, entomology, ethology, evaporation, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming, helminthology, herpetology, ichthyology, irradiation, jerking, malacology, mammalogy, marination, mummification, ornithology, pickling, potting, protozoology, quick-freezing, refrigeration, salting, seasoning, smoking, stuffing, taxonomy, tinning, zoogeography, zoography, zoology, zoonomy, zoopathology, zoophysics, zootaxy, zootomy

ROGET THESAURUS

taxidermy

Zoology

N zoology, zoonomy, zoography, zootomy, anatomy, comparative anatomy, animal physiology, comparative physiology, morphology, mammalogy, anthropology, ornithology, ichthyology, herpetology, ophiology, malacology, helminthology, entomology, oryctology, paleontology, mastology, vermeology, ornithotomy, ichthyotomy, taxidermy, zoologist, zoological.