v. [f. as prec. + -IZE.] a. trans. To treat by taxidermy; to prepare, preserve, and set up (a skin, etc.). b. absol. or intr. To practise taxidermy (Funk’s Stand. Dict., 1895). Hence Taxidermized ppl. a., prepared by taxidermy.
1839. Pop. Sci. Monthly, April, 779. His [the buffalo’s] head taxidermized … fetches as much as the robe or even more.
1890. Leffingwell, Shooting, 307. Game pictures, taxidermised specimens, wood-paintings of birds.
