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noun the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance
originBorrowed from French taxidermie, from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”, “order”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”). Analysable as taxi- + derm- + -y.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0