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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 displayed动物标本剥制术（将动物充填以支撑物，以表现出其生前外形）Topics Hobbiesc2
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Greek taxis ‘arrangement’ + derma ‘skin’.