taxidermist
(ˈtæksɪdɜːmɪst)
[f. taxidermy + -ist.]
One skilled in taxidermy; a professional stuffer of animals for preservation. Also attrib.
| 1828 in Webster. 1849 Longfellow Kavanagh xv, The taxidermist..was not there. 1851 Mantell Petrifact. ii. §3. 108 note, The eminent taxidermist..to whom I entrusted the skins of Notornis, Apteryx, &c. to be stuffed and mounted. 1869 Eng. Mech. 31 Dec. 381/1 The glass eyes used by taxidermists are generally too spherical. |