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tarpan
[ tahr-pan ]
noun
- a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
tarpan
/ ˈɑːæ /
noun
- a European wild horse, Equus caballus gomelini, common in prehistoric times but now extinct
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of tarpan1
1835–45; < Russian ٲá, said to be < Kazakh or Kirghiz
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of tarpan1
from Kirghiz Tatar
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But the tarpan horses were especially susceptible to panic—probably because they are such short animals, and like children, they can’t look grown men in the eye.
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There was a time when it was called a “tarpan,” but pretty much everybody agrees that it’s not a tarpan.
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With respect to the tarpans scraping away the snow, see Col.
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The tarpan or wild horse of Tartary, and the mustang of South America, though de facto wild horses, are supposed to be descended from domesticated forms.
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With respect to the tarpans scraping away the snow see Col.
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