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tantan

Bingham

tæn/tæn

n. a skin disease,.
n. a species of tree moss.
a. spotted as the skin.

Sabatier

tantan

n. kiritantan, kitantan: a spot, a mark, a skin disease.
a. mottled, spotted, speckled, dappled, or mildewed.
vc. katantana, kakiri...: to speckle with, to spot..., to mark..., to make...
vt. tantania: to speckle, to spot.

Topics: Plants and trees, The body, Health and illness