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Definition of Taira
1. Noun. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America.
Generic synonyms: Mustelid, Musteline, Musteline Mammal
Group relationships: Eira, Genus Eira
Definition of Taira
1. n. Same as Tayra.
Definition of Taira
1. a weasel [n -S]
Medical Definition of Taira
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Taira
Literary usage of Taira
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Japan: Its History, Traditions, and Religions: With the Narrative of a Visit by Edward James Reed (1880)
"... 1000-1200 AD The taira red flag, and the Minamoto white flag—Indications of
the struggles to come—Oppressive power of the ..."
2. Japan: Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government by Johannes Justus Rein (1884)
"... -taira. Towards the south it is bounded by that continuation of the great
watershed which here separates the Naka and Tone, together with several of ..."
3. An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara (1920)
"The family of the taira sprang, like that of the Minamoto, from a scion of ...
Of the two, the taira first succeeded in courting the favour of the Fujiwara ..."
4. An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara (1920)
"The family of the taira sprang, like that of the Minamoto, from a scion of ...
Of the two, the taira first succeeded in courting the favour of the Fujiwara ..."
5. A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the by Frank Brinkley, Dairoku Kikuchi (1915)
"During three consecutive days, with a mere handful of one hundred and fifty
followers, Yoshitsune had engaged a powerful taira army on shore, ..."
6. A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the by Frank Brinkley, Dairoku Kikuchi (1915)
"During three consecutive days, with a mere handful of one hundred and fifty
followers, Yoshitsune had engaged a powerful taira army on shore, ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Both the taira wings were crushed and the battle of Ichi-No-Tani was won.
The victory of Ichi- No-Tani did not end the war, however, for the taira fleet was ..."
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