- The stuffing of animal skins to create a lifelike form - The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the
skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for
cabinets.
- A genus of coleopterous insects, the larvae of which
feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats,
skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is D. lardarius,
known as the bacon beetle.