taxidermized
Made into specimen
Taxidermized means preserved through taxidermy—the art of mounting and stuffing animal skins to create lifelike specimens.
A taxidermized animal has been prepared for display, its skin stretched over a form and posed: A taxidermized owl perched on the mantel.
The word sometimes appears figuratively for anything that seems preserved but lifeless: His taxidermized smile never reached his eyes.
True to life
- naturalisticImitating actual appearance
- posedAssumed a position
- anatomicalOf bodily structure
- detailedFull of specifics
authentic · convincing · lifelike · vivid · expressive · dynamic · frozen · captured
Individual for examination
- mountedFixed in position
- museumPublic exhibit space
- exhibitItem publicly displayed
- collectionGathered set of items
conservation · dried · treated · cured · formaldehyde · borax · arsenic · display case
realistic
True to life
- naturalisticImitating actual appearance
- posedAssumed a position
- anatomicalOf bodily structure
detailed · authentic · convincing · lifelike · vivid · expressive · dynamic · frozen · captured · immortalized
specimen
Individual for examination
collection · conservation · dried · treated · cured · formaldehyde · borax · arsenic · display case · diorama
mounting
Steadily increasing in degree
- tanningCuring hides or bronzing
- sculptingShaping material into forms
- stitchingJoining with needle, thread
stuffing · preserving · posing · armature · glass eyes · form · mannequin · sewing · carving · detailing
hunting
Pursuing wild game
head · wall · hunter · prize · safari · buck · stag · elk · moose · bear
taxidermizedcremated
Burned after death
buried · incinerated · decomposed · interred · composted