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Definition of Tarpan
1. Noun. European wild horse extinct since the early 20th century.
Definition of Tarpan
1. n. A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian Sea.
Definition of Tarpan
1. Noun. An extinct Northern European wild horse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tarpan
1. an Asian wild horse [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tarpan
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tarpan
Literary usage of Tarpan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horse and Its Relatives by Richard Lydekker (1912)
"CHAPTER II THE WILD tarpan AND ITS RELATIONS SINCE the time of Cuvier it has been
known that teeth 'and bones of horses are of common occurrence in the ..."
2. Points of the Horse: A Treatise on the Conformation, Movements, Breeds and by Matthew Horace Hayes (1904)
"PROBABLY the only two living varieties of horses which have never been domesticated,
and which consequently live in a wild state, are the tarpan and ..."
3. The Origin and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse by William Ridgeway (1905)
"There are in existence two tarpan skeletons, one at St Petersburg, the other at
Moscow. On the ground of the skull measurements Czerski came to the ..."
4. The Quarterly Review by George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1907)
"It used to be supposed that in the mouse-dun tarpan of the Russian steppes we
had a distinct variety or species, which had played an important part in the ..."
5. Mostly Mammals, Zoological Essays by Richard Lydekker (1903)
"Some authorities are of opinion that these tarpan are a truly wild race, ...
It is certain that the droves of tarpan at times received an influx of feral ..."
6. Guide to the Specimens of the Horse Family (Equidæ) Exhibited in the by Richard Lydekker (1907)
"In the early part of last century, when tarpan were still numerous on the Kirghiz
Steppes, the Taters asserted that the pure breed was to be met with only ..."
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