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‖ ˈtampan
Also tanpan.
[? Sechuana name.]
A blood-sucking tick of the genus Ornithodorus, esp. O. moubata, the vector of African relapsing fever.
1861D. Livingstone Pop. Acct. Trav. S. Afr. viii. 120, I dreaded the ‘tampans’, so common in all old huts. 1880P. Gillmore On Duty 295 Bitten all over by ‘tampans’, an insect synonymous to the ‘jigger’ of the West Indies. 1883J. Mackenzie Day-dawn in Dark Places 157 The mother was annoyed in her house by ‘tanpans’, insects whose bite is more distressing than that of mosquitoes. 1937Handbk. for Farmers S. Afr. 522 The fowl tick, often called ‘tampan’, is an oval-shaped, slate-coloured tick with light yellow legs. 1971D. J. Potgieter et al. Animal Life S. Afr. 222/1 To control the tampan, the floors of native huts should be well dusted with BHC powder. |