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[Lat., a word occurring in Pliny: Nat. Hist., viii. 52.] Zool.: A synonym of Rangifer (q. v.). Tar-ăn-non, s. [See def.] tardine tăr-a-pa-ca-ite, subst. [After Tarapaca. Poru, where found; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min.: A mineral described by Raimondi as occurring in minute fragments, mixed with nitratine tween Llanidloes and Duras Moroddry. Tarannon-shale, s. Geol.: Prof. Ramsay's name for certain beds existing at Tarannon and elsewhere, from South into North Wales. They are 1,000 to 1.500 feet thick in some places, and contain numerous species of Graptolites, corals of the genera Favosites and Cyathophyllum, a crinoid ( Actinocrinus pulcher ), and a brachiopod ( Lingula symondsii). Lyell combined them with the Wool hope Limestone and Shale and the Denbighshiregrits, placing the whole under the Wenlock Formation (Upper Silurian). Ethe ridge makes them of Lower Wenlock age. Called by Sedgwick, Rhayader Slates. Tarannon-slates, s . pl . [TARANNON-SHALE.] tăr-an-tă .8. [Ru .] A large covered traveling carriage, without springs, but balanced on long poles which serve the purpose, and without seats. Much used in Ru ia. ta-răn-těl-la, ta-răn-tělle', s. [Ital.] Music : A rapid Neapolitan dance in triplets. So called because it was popularly thought to be a remedy against the supposed poisonous bite of the Tarantula spider, which was said to set people dancing. Older specimens of the dance are not in triplets. [TARANTULA.]