• (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals.
Tax`i·der'mic adjective [ Confer French taxidermique .] Of or pertaining to the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals. 
taxidermic 1. The art or operation of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state. 2. The art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance.