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tarbagan|ˈtɑːbəgən|
Also tarabagan.
[a. Russ. tarbagán.]
A large long-haired marmot, Marmota bobak or M. sibirica, found in the steppes of eastern and central Asia; also, the pelt of this animal.
1928in Funk's Stand. Dict. 1930M. Bachrach Fur xii. 156 The other variety [of marmot pelts] is called Tarbagans, or Tarbaganas. 1947New Biol. II. 11 It [sc. the germ of plague] is present..in..tarabagans in China. 1951Whitby & Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 5) xviii. 303 The more important reservoirs of sylvatic plague include..tarbagans in China. 1962P. Manson-Bahr Patrick Manson xix. 168 The giant marnot..was being hunted for its fur, known as tarabagan skins. 1971P. C. C. Garnham Progress in Parasitol. iii. 32 The infection primarily occurs in a variety of wild rodents..such as the tarabagan in Mongolia. |