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Word Origins Dictionary
- tigon



[tigon 词源字典] - "The hybrid offspring of a male tiger and a lioness", 1920s: portmanteau word from tiger and lion.[tigon etymology, tigon origin, 英语词源]
- tokoloshe




- "(In African folklore) a mischievous and lascivious hairy water sprite", Sesotho, Xhosa, and Zulu.
- transpicuous




- "Transparent", Mid 17th century: from modern Latin transpicuus (from Latin transpicere 'look through') + -ous.
- trypanosome




- "A single-celled parasitic protozoan with a trailing flagellum, infesting the blood", Early 20th century: from Greek trupanon 'borer' + -some3.
- turbary




- "The legal right to cut turf or peat for fuel on common ground or on another person’s ground", Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French turberie, from Old French tourbe 'turf'.
- tabes dorsalis




- "Another term for locomotor ataxia", Modern Latin, literally 'wasting of the back'.
- thylakoid




- "Each of a number of flattened sacs inside a chloroplast, bounded by pigmented membranes on which the light reactions of photosynthesis take place, and arranged in stacks or grana", 1960s: from German Thylakoid, from Greek thulakoidēs 'pouch-like', from thulakos 'pouch'.
- theoretic




- "Another term for theoretical", Early 17th century (in the sense 'conjectural'): via late Latin from Greek theōrētikos, from theōrētos 'that may be seen', from theōrein (see theorem).
- thylacine




- "A doglike carnivorous marsupial with stripes across the rump, found only in Tasmania. There have been no confirmed sightings since one was captured in 1933, and it is probably now extinct", Mid 19th century: from modern Latin Thylacinus (genus name), from Greek thulakos 'pouch'.
- trophology




- "Nutritional science (now rare or disused )", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Medical Times and Gazette. Perhaps after French trophologie.
- triplex




- "Toughened or laminated safety glass, used especially for car windows", Early 17th century (as an adjective in the sense 'threefold'): from Latin, 'threefold', from tri- 'three' + plicare 'to fold'. Current specific senses date from the 1920s.
- thallophyte




- "A plant that consists of a thallus", Mid 19th century: from modern Latin Thallophyta (former taxon), from Greek thallos (see thallus) + -phyte.
- Tele




- "A Fender Telecaster electric guitar", 1970s: abbreviation.
- tetrapterous




- "(Of an insect) having two pairs of wings", Early 19th century: from modern Latin tetrapterus (from Greek tetrapteros, from tetra- 'four' + pteron 'wing') + -ous.
- tamagotchi




- "An electronic toy displaying a digital image of a creature, which has to be looked after and responded to by the ‘owner’ as if it were a pet", Japanese.
- Terramycin




- "Trademark for oxytetracycline", 1950s: from Latin terra 'earth' + -mycin.
- three-peat




- "Win a particular sporting championship three times, especially consecutively", 1980s: from three + a shortened form of repeat.
- thrombin




- "An enzyme in blood plasma which causes the clotting of blood by converting fibrinogen to fibrin", Late 19th century: from Greek thrombos 'blood clot' + -in1.
- taipan (1)




- "A foreigner who is head of a business in China", Mid 19th century: from Chinese (Cantonese dialect) daaihbāan.
- taipan (2)




- "A large brown highly venomous Australian snake", 1930s: from Wik Munkan (an extinct Aboriginal language of North Queensland) dhayban.