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taxidermist

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for taxidermist.

Editorial note

That's not you anymore than a 'you' created by a taxidermist and shoved in a closet is.

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Quick take

One who practices taxidermy, the stuffing of animals.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of taxidermist gathered in one view.

noun

One who practices taxidermy, the stuffing of animals.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for taxidermist.

noun

One who practices taxidermy, the stuffing of animals.

Example sentences

1

That's not you anymore than a 'you' created by a taxidermist and shoved in a closet is.

2

The same article also points out that: 'And the rather violent act of skinning a cat is no easy thing, says John Youngaitis, a taxidermist in New York.

3

It's because the owner of the gas station valued that real estate more than the baker and the taxidermist.

4

Or the protection for a taxidermist to be threatened by agents for refusing a warrantless search of a wildlife officer.

5

She said they used to dust taxidermist specimens with arsenic powder to prevent pests and decay.

6

The funeral director and taxidermist is creepy, because he isn't creeped out by death himself.

7

I guess maybe taxidermist and bakers of the web are cheap and would rather pick another domain.

8

Apparently a pair was obtained from a taxidermist and a pair from Michigan.

9

A taxidermist could argue that dead animals are better than living ones: they are indeed more convenient, less dangerous and cheaper to feed.

10

The taxidermist only had the skin and a brief description to work with.

11

His friend John Graham Bell was traveling with him in the 1840s as an assistant and taxidermist when the two separated for a week.

12

I'm free to change careers to taxidermist, too, but that's irrelevant to the issue at hand.

Quote examples

1

Exhibit A: the faces of the drivers in the "taxidermist" gag, which are all soggy blurs.

2

You have to wade through paragraphs and paragraphs of "John grew up a taxidermist's son and bla bla bla bla..." before you even get to what the article is supposed to be about.

3

In the real-estate world the "asshole" would rent it out to others (such as taxidermist or baker) for cheaper until She'll or BP would show up.

4

Not here - the only way this would work is to kill the old city and make it into a disneyified taxidermist exhibit of itself (which is also happening, "naturally").

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use taxidermist in a sentence?

That's not you anymore than a 'you' created by a taxidermist and shoved in a closet is.

What does taxidermist mean?

One who practices taxidermy, the stuffing of animals.

What part of speech is taxidermist?

taxidermist is commonly used as noun.