tappenn.
/ˈtapən/ The plug by which the rectum of a bear is closed during hibernation.
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tappen1861
1830 L. Lloyd Field Sports North of 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.
1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 85/1 (note) The plug (in Norway termed the Tappen), found in the rectum of fat hybernating bears.]
1861 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) I. 393 The ‘tappen’ is almost entirely composed of pine-leaves, and the various substances which the Bear scratches out of the ants' nests.
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