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- [tak-si-dur-mee]
- /ˈtæk sɪˌdɜr mi/
- /ˈtæk.sɪ.dɜː.mi/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tak-si-dur-mee]
- /ˈtæk sɪˌdɜr mi/
Definitions of taxidermy word
- noun taxidermy the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form. 1
- noun taxidermy embalming 1
- uncountable noun taxidermy 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. 0
- noun taxidermy the art or process of preparing, stuffing, and mounting animal skins so that they have a lifelike appearance 0
- noun taxidermy the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals, so as to create lifelike replicas 0
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Origin of taxidermy
First appearance:
before 1810 One of the 40% newest English words
1810-20; taxi- + Greek dérm(a) skin (see derma1) + -y3
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Taxidermy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
taxidermy popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
taxidermy usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with taxidermy
- what is taxidermy?
- what does taxidermy mean?
- how to taxidermy?
- what is a taxidermy?
- how to do taxidermy?
- how to taxidermy a fish?
- how to taxidermy a bird?
- how to taxidermy a deer?
- how does taxidermy work?
- taxidermy how to?
- how to skin a deer for taxidermy?
- how to learn taxidermy?
- how to mount a fish taxidermy?
- how is taxidermy done?
- how to taxidermy a raccoon?
See also
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