The earliest known use of the adjective taxidermized is in the 1890s. OED's only evidence for taxidermized is from 1890, in the writing of W. B. Leffingwell. taxidermized is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: taxidermize v.

Taxidermy is a way of preparing, stuffing and/or mounting an animal for display or study. It usually involves arranging an animal's real skin over a fake body to make the animal look alive! It is a way of preserving the body so that scientists or Museum visitors can see what the animal was like when it was alive.

We provide restoration, repair and cleaning services of your taxidermy mounts. We can clean a single mount or a whole collection of mounts. We do general maintenance cleaning and complete restoration of damaged mounts. We can take a very old mount and restore it to look like new.

Inside taxidermy specimens there may be sculpted statues over which the skin is stretched; for older specimens, a wire and wood framework with paper, wood wool, straw and seeds may be used to fill out the skin.