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单词 tarpan
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tarpan

[ tahr-pan ]
/ tɑrˈpæn /

noun

a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.

Origin of tarpan

1835–45; <Russian tarpán, said to be <Kazakh or Kirghiz

Words nearby tarpan

Tarnów, taro, tarok, tarot, tarp, tarpan, tarpaper, tarpaulin, Tarpeia, Tarpeian Rock, tarpit
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Example sentences from the Web for tarpan

  • Another species, the Tarpan, roams the Steppes of Tartary, and is with great difficulty tamed to the use of man.

    The Desert World|Arthur Mangin
  • Tarpan, tar′pan, n. the small wild horse of the steppes of Russia.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
  • He resembles the tarpan or wild horse of the Caspian steppes.

    Evolution in Art|Alfred C. Haddon

British Dictionary definitions for tarpan

tarpan
/ (ˈtɑːpæn) /

noun

a European wild horse, Equus caballus gomelini, common in prehistoric times but now extinct

Word Origin for tarpan

from Kirghiz Tatar
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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