Tarasco
Americannoun
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Tarascos,
plural
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Tarasco
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Tarasco
First recorded in 1870–75; see origin at Tarascan ( def. )
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At El Tarasco, a Mexican food joint in Venice, cashier Maricela Moreno goes a step further.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2020
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
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
Tarasco watched Taylor’s leads grow little by little.
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 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
Possibly the species occurs in the Sierra de los Tarascos in Michoacán.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by William E. Duellman
We do not know whether the myth of the Four Brothers prevailed among the Tarascos; but there is hardly a nation on the continent among whom the number Four was more distinctly sacred.
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
Near Charapendo on the slopes of the Sierra de los Tarascos and at Coalcomán it apparently reaches its lowest altitudinal limits.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by William E. Duellman
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