tarasque
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]tarasque (plural tarasques)
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[edit]French
[edit]Noun
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tarasque f (plural tarasques)
- a fearsome legendary dragon-like mythological hybrid from Provence, in southern France, tamed in stories about Saint Martha, such as the one told in the Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend (13th century)
Noun
[edit]tarasque m (uncountable)
Further reading
[edit]- “tarasque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.