Tarasco

American  

[tuh-ras-koh, -rahs-] / təˈræs koʊ, -ˈrɑs- /

noun

• Tarascos,
  plural
• Tarasco
  plural

1. Tarascan.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Tarasco
  plural
• Tarascos
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of Tarasco

First recorded in 1870–75; see origin at Tarascan ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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Tarasco Tarascos

At El Tarasco, a Mexican food joint in Venice, cashier Maricela Moreno goes a step further.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2020

Despite the protests of Baltimore right fielder Tony Tarasco, who pleaded for fan interference, umpire Rich Garcia ruled it a home run, which tied the score.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2017

And unlike Tarasco, who was braced at the wall to leap for Jeter’s drive, Judge was trying to catch up to Correa’s drive as it reached the stands.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2017

“That’s just the competitor in him,” Nationals first base coach Tony Tarasco said.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2015

It was to the sound of this splendid blast that the intrepid Tartarin Tarasco of Tarascon embarked for the land of lions.

From Tartarin of Tarascon by Alphonse Daudet

The Tarascos were an interesting nation who lived in the province of Michoacan, due west of the valley of Mexico.

From American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent by Daniel Garrison Brinton

The king of the Tarascos was considered merely the vicegerent of the absent hero-god, and ready to lay down the sceptre when Curicaberis should return to earth.

From American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent by Daniel Garrison Brinton

This salamander seems to reach its greatest abundance in Michoacán in the Sierra de los Tarascos between Pátzcuaro and Tancítaro, where it is found at elevations from 1500 to 2900 meters.

From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by William E. Duellman

Besides these, there were, on the territories now comprehended within the Mexican republic, the Tarascos who inhabited Michoacan, an independent sovereignty;—the barbarous Ottomies; the Olmecs; the Xicalancas; the Miztecas, and Zapotecas.

From Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California by Brantz Mayer

Possibly the species occurs in the Sierra de los Tarascos in Michoacán.

From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by William E. Duellman

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