Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Taxidermy

Taxidermy , noun

[Greek {not transcribed} an arranging, arrangement (from {not transcribed} to arrange) + {not transcribed} a skin, from {not transcribed} to skin: compare French taxidermie. See Tactics, Tear, transitive verb]

The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets.