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taxidermist

noun
1
A person whose craft is preserving and mounting animal skins to look lifelike for display.
"The museum commissioned a taxidermist to restore the old lion exhibit."

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In plain EnglishSomeone who practises taxidermy — preparing and mounting dead animals to look alive.

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taxidermists plural

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