Tarasco
Americannoun
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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
Both Johnson and Tarasco said they draw on their past experience with the ’96 Orioles as reassurance that it is possible to pull out of tough positions late in the season.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2013
In giving directions, one might say: "To get to Rincon Tarasco restaurant, get onto El Camino Bignum going logical north."
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
Both the Nahuas and Tarascos related legends in which he figured as father of the race of man.
From The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
Possibly the species occurs in the Sierra de los Tarascos in Michoacán.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.
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 Brinton, Daniel Garrison
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 Brinton, Daniel Garrison
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 Duellman, William E.
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