剝製

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 剝製, read はくせい, means taxidermy or a mounted animal specimen preserved for display or study.
• Basic usage: It names a bird specimen observed in a museum and the class of objects whose preservation methods are explained.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A preserved mounted animal specimen
  • It refers to a mounted bird specimen in a museum and the method used to preserve such specimens. It is neither a living animal nor merely a photograph.