(n.) The art of preparing and mounting dead animals so as to represent their natural appearance\, as for cabinets.

anatomy anhydration animal physiology anthropology biology blast-freezing bottling brining canning comparative anatomy conchology corning curing dehydration desiccation dry-curing drying ecology embalming entomology ethology evaporation freeze-drying freezing fuming helminthology herpetology ichthyology irradiation jerking malacology mammalogy marination mummification ornithology pickling potting protozoology quick-freezing refrigeration salting seasoning smoking stuffing taxonomy tinning zoogeography zoography zoology zoonomy zoopathology zoophysics zootaxy zootomy