Tarpan
//ˈtɑɹpən// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An extinct Northern European wild horse, Equus ferus ferus.
"It’s possible that wild horses, known as tarpans, survived in southern Russia until the nineteenth century, but these may have been hybrids, with genes from domestic horses."
- 2 European wild horse extinct since the early 20th century wordnet
Example
More examples"It’s possible that wild horses, known as tarpans, survived in southern Russia until the nineteenth century, but these may have been hybrids, with genes from domestic horses."
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian тарпа́н (tarpán), from Turkic (Kazakh тарпаң (tarpañ) or Kyrgyz тарпан (tarpan)).
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