Vocabulary : Tschego to Tubal

Tschego : A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the chimpanzee. It is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped nests in trees. Called also tscheigo, tschiego, nschego, nscheigo.
Tsebe : The springbok.
Tsetse : A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year.
Tsung tu : A viceroy or governor-general, the highest provincial official in China, with civil and military authority over one or more provinces.
Tsung-li Yamen : The board or department of foreign affairs in the Chinese government. See Yamen.
Tuatara : A large iguanalike reptile (Sphenodon punctatum) formerly common in New Zealand, but now confined to certain islets near the coast. It reaches a length of two and a half feet, is dark olive-green with small white or yellowish specks on the sides, and has yellow spines along the back, except on the neck.
Tuatera : See Hatteria.
Tub : An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes. ;; The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc. ;; Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously. ;; A sweating in a tub; a tub fast. ;; A small cask; as, a tub of gin. ;; A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners. ;; To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant. ;; To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.
Tuba : An ancient trumpet. ;; A sax-tuba. See Sax-tuba.
Tubal : Of or pertaining to a tube; specifically, of or pertaining to one of the Fallopian tubes; as, tubal pregnancy.
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