taun1 (c.1200)
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taun1 (c.1200)

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[hp+gdw]

[FEW: 13/i,3b tabanus; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 10,742b taon; TL: 10,99 täon; DEAF:  taon; DMF:  taon; TLF:  taon; OED:  ton n.2; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 3354a tabanus]
taoun,  tauwnz  

s.

1zool.insectshorse-fly, gadfly (or similar insect): 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin ) Pur quei criat il musches e tauns e ceel altres choses ki nuisent a hume  20.66d
( MS: s.xiii2 ) locustarum: (C) de taoun, brese (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) langoutris )  ii 75.159
( MS: s.xiii2 ) oestro: de un tauwnz  ii 6.2
( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) asilus: gallice (T) taun (var. (C: s.xiii) burdun )  ii 31
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