taxidermize
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[edit]taxidermize (third-person singular simple present taxidermizes, present participle taxidermizing, simple past and past participle taxidermized)
- (transitive) To preserve by means of taxidermy.
- 2009 May 21, Cintra Wilson, “Luxury in a Bell Jar”, in New York Times[1]:
- ONE of Edward Gorey’s deathless illustrations features an author, Mr. Earbrass, gazing at a taxidermized beastie in an antiques shop, wondering “why anyone should have had a fantod stuffed and placed under a glass bell.”