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Taira
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Tai´ra
n.1.(Zool.) Same as Tayra.
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Noun1.Taira - long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South Americataira - long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America
Eira barbara, tayra
mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal - fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
Eira, genus Eira - a genus of Mustelidae
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The story of ``Genji'' is loosely based on the Taira-Minamoto War in Japan's late 1100s, when the Genji clan was subdued by Kiyomori Taira, the head of the Taira clan.
SAMURAI WITH A SLOW HAND by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Legend has it that fugitives from the powerful Taira clan, virtually eradicated by the rival Genji family near Shimonoseki in 1185, sought refuge here and learned to eke out a hardscrabble existence.
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The story is said to be the most important among the war tales of the Kamakura and Muromachi periods and contains many episodes involving the short-lived Taira clan.
5TH LD: Historic Kyoto temple gutted in fire, arson suspected+ by Japan Weekly Monitor
 
 
 
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