tarbagann.
/ˈtɑːbəɡən/ A large long-haired marmot, Marmota bobak or M. sibirica, found in the steppes of eastern and central Asia; also, the pelt of this animal.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > other pelts or furs
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Marmota > marmota bobak (bobac)
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tarbagan1928
1928 Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dict. Eng. Lang.
1930 M. Bachrach Fur xii. 156 The other variety [of marmot pelts] is called Tarbagans, or Tarbaganas.
1947 New Biol. 2 11 It [sc. the germ of plague] is present..in..tarabagans in China.
1951 L. E. H. Whitby & M. Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 5) xviii. 303 The more important reservoirs of sylvatic plague include..tarbagans in China.
1962 P. Manson-Bahr Patrick Manson xix. 168 The giant marnot..was being hunted for its fur, known as tarabagan skins.
1971 P. C. C. Garnham Progress in Parasitol. iii. 32 The infection primarily occurs in a variety of wild rodents..such as the tarabagan in Mongolia.
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