The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Taxidermy — Album par Queen Adreena Sortie 11 avril 2000 Durée 41:47 Genre Rock Gothic Rock Producteur Queen Adreena et Ken Thomas … Wikipédia en Français
taxidermy — 1820, from Gk. taxis arrangement, from tassein arrange (see TACTICS (Cf. tactics)) + derma skin … Etymology dictionary
taxidermy — ► NOUN ▪ the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals so that they appear lifelike. DERIVATIVES taxidermic adjective taxidermist noun. ORIGIN from Greek taxis arrangement + derma skin … English terms dictionary
taxidermy — [tak′si dʉr΄mē] n. [< Gr taxis (see TAXIS) + derma, skin] the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals, so as to create lifelike replicas taxidermic adj. taxidermist n … English World dictionary
Taxidermy — For other uses, see Taxidermy (disambiguation). A mounted tiger at the Brigham Young University Life Sciences Museum Taxidermy (from the Greek for arrangement of skin[1]) is the act of mounting or reproducing dead animals … Wikipedia
taxidermy — taxidermal, taxidermic, adj. taxidermist, n. /tak si derr mee/, n. the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form. [1810 20; TAXI + Gk dérm(a) skin (see DERMA) + Y3] * * * Practice of… … Universalium
taxidermy — tax|i|der|my [ tæksı,dɜrmi ] noun uncount the practice of preserving dead animals, birds, or fish by filling their skins with a soft material so that they look as if they are still alive. Someone who practices taxidermy is called a taxidermist … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
taxidermy — [[t]tæ̱ksidɜː(r)mi[/t]] N UNCOUNT Taxidermy is the craft of preparing the skins of dead animals and birds and filling them with a special material to make them look as if they are alive … English dictionary
taxidermy — UK [ˈtæksɪˌdɜː(r)mɪ] / US [ˈtæksɪˌdɜrmɪ] noun [uncountable] the practice of preserving dead animals, birds, or fish by filling their skins with a soft material so that they look as if they are still alive. Someone who practises taxidermy is… … English dictionary
Taxidermy (disambiguation) — Taxidermy may refer to:*Taxidermy, the stuffing and mounting of dead animals * Taxidermy (album), a 2000 album from Queen Adreena * Taxidermy (Abney Park album) … Wikipedia
