单词 | taxidermize |
释义 | taxidermizev. 1. transitive. To treat by taxidermy; to prepare, preserve, and set up (a skin, etc.). ΚΠ 1889 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 779 His [sc. the buffalo's] head taxidermized..fetches as much as the robe or even more. 2. absol. or intransitive. To practise taxidermy ( Funk's Stand. Dict. 1895). Derivatives ˈtaxiˌdermized adj. prepared by taxidermy. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > taxidermy > [adjective] > stuffed and mounted stuffeda1616 taxidermized1890 1890 W. B. Leffingwell Wild Fowl Shooting 307 Game pictures, taxidermised specimens, wood-paintings of birds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1889 |
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