Meaning

1 senses

  1. To stuff and mount the skin of a dead animal.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Sami is an expert in the field of taxidermy.

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Origin

Borrowed from French taxidermie, from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”, “order”)

Borrowed from French taxidermie, from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”, “order”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”). Analysable as taxi- + derm- + -y.

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Forms

taxidermies, taxidermying, taxidermied, taxidermied
Base formtaxidermy · to taxidermy
3rd person singulartaxidermies
Present participletaxidermying
Past simpletaxidermied
Past participletaxidermied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytaxidermy
he, she, ittaxidermies

Past simpleLesson

all personstaxidermied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave taxidermied
he, she, ithas taxidermied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill taxidermy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
taxiA1taxicabtaxonomytaxpayerteaA1
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