tampann.

Forms: Also tanpan.

Etymology: ? Setswana name.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtampan.

A blood-sucking tick of the genus Ornithodorus, esp. O. moubata, the vector of African relapsing fever.

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1861 D. Livingstone Pop. Acct. Trav. S. Afr. viii. 120 I dreaded the ‘tampans’, so common in all old huts.

1880 P. Gillmore On Duty 295 Bitten all over by ‘tampans’, an insect synonymous to the ‘jigger’ of the West Indies.

1883 J. Mackenzie Day-dawn in Dark Places 157 The mother was annoyed in her house by ‘tanpans’, insects whose bite is more distressing than that of mosquitoes.

1937 Handbk. Farmers S. Afr. (S. Afr. Dept. Agric.) (new ed.) 522 The fowl tick, often called ‘tampan’, is an oval-shaped, slate-coloured tick with light yellow legs.

1971 D. J. Potgieter et al. Animal Life S. Afr. 222/1 To control the tampan, the floors of native huts should be well dusted with BHC powder.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tampan
释义	tampann. Forms: Also tanpan. Etymology: ? Setswana name.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtampan. A blood-sucking tick of the genus Ornithodorus, esp. O. moubata, the vector of African relapsing fever. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > member of (tick) > miscellaneous or unspecified types > member of genus Ornithodorus tampan1861 sampan1898 1861 D. Livingstone Pop. Acct. Trav. S. Afr. viii. 120 I dreaded the ‘tampans’, so common in all old huts. 1880 P. Gillmore On Duty 295 Bitten all over by ‘tampans’, an insect synonymous to the ‘jigger’ of the West Indies. 1883 J. Mackenzie Day-dawn in Dark Places 157 The mother was annoyed in her house by ‘tanpans’, insects whose bite is more distressing than that of mosquitoes. 1937 Handbk. Farmers S. Afr. (S. Afr. Dept. Agric.) (new ed.) 522 The fowl tick, often called ‘tampan’, is an oval-shaped, slate-coloured tick with light yellow legs. 1971 D. J. Potgieter et al. Animal Life S. Afr. 222/1 To control the tampan, the floors of native huts should be well dusted with BHC powder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1861
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