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# tarpan

noun (a tarpan, tarpans)

«tarpan» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The tarpan was a wild horse that lived in Europe and western Asia, including the steppes of Ukraine and Russia; it is now extinct. The last known tarpan died in a zoo in Russia in 1909. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarpan/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science and history lessons the tarpan is an example of extinction caused by humans: hunting, farming and mixing with farm horses. Grey-brown, with a dark stripe down its back, it was small and sturdy. Today some breeds, such as the Polish Konik, are said to look like it, and some people have bred "tarpan-like" horses, but the real tarpan is gone. Phrases: "the extinct tarpan", "wild tarpan".

### Examples

- The tarpan was a wild horse of Europe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarpan/#x1)
- Tarpans once ran across the steppes of southern Ukraine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarpan/#x2)
- The last tarpan died in 1909. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarpan/#x3)
- Hunting and farming helped make the tarpan extinct. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarpan/#x4)
- Konik ponies look a bit like the tarpan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarpan/#x5)
- The tarpan had a dark stripe down its back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarpan/#x6)
- We read about the tarpan in our lesson on extinct animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarpan/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a tarpan, tarpans. Probably from a Turkic language word. Do not confuse with "tarpaulin" (a waterproof sheet) or Przewalski's horse, a different wild horse that still lives in Mongolia.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tarpan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarpan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tarpan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tarpan.html) on Mova free.