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Definition of Taguans
1. taguan [n] - See also: taguan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taguans
Literary usage of Taguans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind by James Cowles Prichard (1851)
"... Molucca and Pelew islands. f The taguans, or flying nocturnal squirrels, of
which several species inhabit Java and the nearest islands, are peculiar to ..."
2. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"or hunters are generally accompanied by one or more "black fellows," they are *-
supplied with taguans by the quick eye and ready hand of their sable ..."
3. Indian Biography by Benjamin Bussey Thatcher (1832)
"chiefe King, I received from this great Salvage exceeding great courtesie,
especially from his sonne Nan- taguans, the most manliest, comeliest, ..."
4. Wood's Animal Kingdom: Illustrated by John George Wood (1870)
"But as travellers or hunters are generally accompanied by one or more "black
fellows," they are well supplied with taguans by the quick eye and ready hand ..."
5. Trespassers: Showing how the Inhabitants of Earth, Air, and Water are by John George Wood (1875)
"... is given to the animal in consequence of the resemblance which it bears to
the taguans, or Flying Squirrels of the Old World;1 a similitude, indeed, ..."
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