TAMPAN

Etymology 1

Noun

tampan (plural tampans or tampan)

A type of cloth from Indonesia.

Etymology 2

Etymology obscure, probably from Tswana tampane.

Noun

tampan (plural tampans)

Any of many species in the family Argasidae, the soft ticks.

Source: Wiktionary


Tam"pan, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A venomous South African tick. Livingstone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CHATTEL

(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)


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