单词 | taxidermist |
释义 | taxidermistn. One skilled in taxidermy; a professional stuffer of animals for preservation. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > taxidermy > [noun] > taxidermist preserver1771 taxidermist1828 stuffer1862 naturalist1863 1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1849 H. W. Longfellow Kavanagh xv The taxidermist..was not there. 1851 G. A. Mantell Petrifactions ii. §3. 108 (note) The eminent taxidermist..to whom I entrusted the skins of Notornis, Apteryx, &c. to be stuffed and mounted. 1869 Eng. Mech. 31 Dec. 381/1 The glass eyes used by taxidermists are generally too spherical. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < |
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