Tapir

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  • noun. Any of several large, chiefly nocturnal, odd-toed ungulates of the genus Tapirus of tropical America and Southeast Asia, having a stocky body, short legs, and a fleshy, trunklike proboscis.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A hoofed mammal of the family Tapiridæ.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulates belonging to Tapirus, Elasmognathus, and allied genera. They have a long prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and stout legs, a short, thick tail, and short, close hair. They have three toes on the hind feet, and four toes on the fore feet, but the outermost toe is of little use.
  • noun. the wallah.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any one the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip, of which all four surviving species are in genus Tapirus.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout
    • Word Usage
    "Guapo was busy plucking his macaws, but at the word tapir he sprang to his feet, making the feathers fly in all directions."
    cross-reference
    short-nosed tapir  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    odd-toed ungulate  perissodactyl  perissodactyl mammal  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    indian tapir  malayan tapir  new world tapir  tapirus indicus  tapirus terrestris  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    agouti  alligator  ant-eater  bison  bosk  
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