Defenition of the word tapir
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Defenition of the word tapir
- Any one the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip.
- large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout
Meronymys for the word tapir
Hyponyms for the word tapir
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- bergtapir
- flachlandtapir
- Indian tapir
- Malayan tapir
- New World tapir
- schabrackentapir
- Tapirus indicus
- Tapirus terrestris
Hypernyms for the word tapir
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- huftier
- odd-toed ungulate
- perissodactyl
- perissodactyl mammal
- tier
- wirbeltier
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