Crossword clues for tarpan
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tarpan \Tar"pan\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo["o]l.) A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian Sea.
Wiktionary
n. An extinct Northern European wild horse, (taxlink Equus ferus ferus subspecies noshow=1).
WordNet
n. European wild horse extinct since the early 20th century [syn: Equus caballus gomelini]
Wikipedia
The tarpan (Equus ferus ferus), also known as Eurasian wild horse, is an extinct subspecies of wild horse. The last individual believed to be of this subspecies died in captivity in Russia in 1909, although some sources claim that it was not a genuine wild horse due to its resemblance to domesticated horses.
Beginning in the 1930s, several attempts were made to develop horses that looked like tarpans through selective breeding, called " breeding back" by advocates. The breeds that resulted included the Heck horse, the Hegardt or Stroebel's horse, and a derivation of the Konik breed, all of which have a primitive appearance, particularly in having the grullo coat color. Some of these horses are now commercially promoted as "tarpans." However, those who study the history of the ancient wild horse assert that the word "tarpan" only describes the true wild horse.
Tarpan (Equus ferus ferus) is an extinct Eurasian wild horse.
Tarpan may also refer to:
Equine animals
- Historically, Wild horse (Equus ferus)
- Historically, any horse sharing the grullo color of Equus ferus ferus
- Heck horse, a breed of domestic horses selected to resemble Equus ferus ferus
Other
- Tarpana or Tarpan, a term in the Vedic practice which refers to an offering made to divine entities
- Tarpan (film) (The Absolution) 1994 Hindi film, starring Om Puri and Revathy
- Tarpan Honker, a kind of vehicle
- PZL M-4 Tarpan, an aircraft
- ST Tarpan, a tugboat
Tarpan (English title: The Absolution) was a 1994 Indian Hindi drama film written and directed by K. Bikram Singh, and starring Om Puri, Revathy, Dina Pathak, Manohar Singh and Mita Vashisht in lead roles. This directorial debut film was jointly produced by NFDC and Doordarshan. The film set in the 1940s, in a fictitious village in the Shekhavati region in Rajasthan, where no girl child survives beyond the age of seven. It deals with larger issues of communalism and caste system through four inter-related stories.
The film was screen at Moscow International Film Festival, Montreal International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival and Cairo International Film Festival.
Usage examples of "tarpan".
There they met our light forces, equipped with lightly armoured Tarpan cars.
But we did dine twice or thrice on tarpan flesh, and Genovefa broiled it most tastily.
Certainly she was a far finer animal than the broken-down old tarpan he had stolen after Vyacheslav Mirsky had finally died.
He returned to cinching up the saddle, the tarpan patient under his hands.
Bakhtiian managed Myshla, who was more amiable than the tarpan remounts.
Fireheel, but most on small shaggy mounts bred of the fierce tarpans roaming the steppes.
Without air protection and support two thirds of the Tarpans were destroyed before they could reach visual range.
He handed her the reins of a horse, one of the stocky tarpans, then mounted and rode away.
Bakhtiian gave them one of his khuhaylan mares, and most of the tarpans were exchanged for fresh mounts.
They came to an isolated khaja village, and Bakhtiian traded gold trinkets and two tarpans for grain.
Myshla came forward, and the tarpans, nervous, hesitated and then followed the drag of their lead-lines.
Fireheel, but most on small shaggy mounts bred of the fierce tarpans roaming the steppes.