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‖ tappen|ˈtæpən|
[Sw. and Norw. tapp-en the plug.]
The plug by which the rectum of a bear is closed during hibernation.
[1830L. L. Lloyd Field Sports N. Europe I. v. 89 His bowels and stomach become quite empty, and..the extremity of them is closed by an indurated substance, which in Swedish is called tappen. 1835Penny Cycl. IV. 85/1 note, The plug (in Norway termed the Tappen), found in the rectum of fat hybernating bears.] 1865Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. I. 393 The ‘tappen’ is almost entirely composed of pine-leaves, and the various substances which the Bear scratches out of the ants' nests. |