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Catarractes
Penguin Pen"guin, n. [Perh. orig. the name of another bird, and fr. W. pen head + gwyn white; or perh. from a native South American name.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass. Note: Penguins are found in the south temperate and antarctic regions. The king penguins (Aptenodytes Patachonica, and A. longirostris) are the largest; the jackass penguins (Spheniscus) and the rock hoppers (Catarractes) congregate in large numbers at their breeding grounds. 2. (Bot.) The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant (Bromelia Pinguin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges. [Written also pinguin.] Arctic penguin (Zo["o]l.), the great auk. See Auk.
Tarrace
Tarrace Tar"race, n. See Trass. [Obs.]
tarrace
Trass Trass, n. [D. tras or Gr. trass, probably fr. It. terrazzo terrace. See Terrace.] (Geol.) A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water. [Formerly written also tarras, tarrace, terras.] Note: The Dutch trass is made by burning and grinding a soft grayish rock found on the lower Rhine.
Tarragon
Tarragon Tar"ra*gon, n. [Sp. taragona, Ar. tarkh?n; perhaps fr. Gr. ? a dragon, or L. draco; cf. L. dracunculus tarragon. Cf. Dragon.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Artemisa (A. dracunculus), much used in France for flavoring vinegar.
Tarras
Tarras Tar"ras, n. See Trass. [Obs.]
tarras
Trass Trass, n. [D. tras or Gr. trass, probably fr. It. terrazzo terrace. See Terrace.] (Geol.) A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water. [Formerly written also tarras, tarrace, terras.] Note: The Dutch trass is made by burning and grinding a soft grayish rock found on the lower Rhine.

Meaning of Tarra from wikipedia

- Tarra may refer to: Tarra White (born 1987), actress Tarra-Bulga National Park, a national park in Victoria, Australia Tarra, Crete (also "Tarrha"), an...
- Tarra Denelle Simmons (born 1977) is an American politician, lawyer, formerly incarcerated legislator, and civil rights activist for criminal justice...
- Tarra White (born Martina Mrakviová, 19 November 1987) is a Czech former **** actress. White was born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia. At the age of...
- Tarras may refer to: Tarras, New Zealand Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg (born 1950) Walter Scott, Earl of Tarras (1644-1693), nobleman Dave Tarras (1895-1989)...
- Tarras is a small farming settlement in Central Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. Tarras is located on the slopes above the upper reaches of...
- The Tarra-Bulga National Park is a small national park located in the South Gippsland region of eastern Victoria, Australia approximately 240 kilometres...
- Dave Tarras (c. 1895 – February 13, 1989) was a Ukrainian-born American klezmer clarinetist and bandleader, who was instrumental in the Klezmer revival...
- Tarra is a Colombian muni****lity and town located in the department of Norte de Santander. (in Spanish) Government of Norte de Santander - El Tarra (in...
- The Tarra Rail Trail is a Rail trail from Yarram to Port Albert in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Stage 1 to Alberton was opened in 2011 with further...
- 000, bought Fluffy, changed her name to Tarra, and founded Tarra Productions.[citation needed] By 1980, when Tarra was six years old and a playful, pre-adolescent...