Tarpan

//ˈtɑɹpən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    European wild horse extinct since the early 20th century wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian тарпа́н (tarpán), from Turkic (Kazakh тарпаң (tarpañ) or Kyrgyz тарпан (tarpan)).

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