tarpan

American  

[tahr-pan] / tɑrˈpæn /

noun

1. 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.

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tarpan British  

/ ˈtɑːpæn /

noun

1. a European wild horse, Equus caballus gomelini, common in prehistoric times but now extinct

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Etymology

Origin of tarpan

1835–45; < Russian tarpán, said to be < Kazakh or Kirghiz

Example Sentences

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.

From Literature

There was a time when it was called a “tarpan,” but pretty much everybody agrees that it’s not a tarpan.

From Scientific American

With respect to the tarpans scraping away the snow, see Col.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

With respect to the tarpans scraping away the snow see Col.

From Project Gutenberg