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Definition of Tampan
1. n. A venomous South African tick.
Definition of Tampan
1. Noun. (context: cloth) A type of cloth from Indonesia. ¹
2. Noun. (context: insects) A type of tick from southern Africa. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tampan
1. a biting insect [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tampan
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tampan
Literary usage of Tampan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Animal and Vegetable Parasites of the Human Body: A Manual of Their by Friedrich Küchenmeister (1857)
"... When sleeping in the house of the Commandant, an insect well known in the
southern country by the name of tampan, bit my foot. It is a kind of tick, ..."
2. On Animal and Vegetable Parasites of the Human Body: A Manual of Their by Friedrich Küchenmeister (1857)
"... When sleeping in the house of the Commandant, an insect well known in the
southern country by the name of tampan, bit my foot. It is a kind of tick, ..."
3. A Descriptive Dictionary of British Malaya by Nicholas Belfield Dennys (1894)
"On W. bank of Perak E., 3 miles below Kota tampan in N. Perak. Kwala Johore.—Entrance
of E. of same name N. of Changi district, Singapore. ..."
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