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Etymology
1. tapir
noun. large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout.
Synonyms
- Tapirus terrestris
- odd-toed ungulate
- perissodactyl
- New World tapir
- Indian tapir
- genus Tapirus
- perissodactyl mammal
- Malayan tapir
- Tapirus indicus
Etymology
- tapir (French)
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Sentences with tapir
1. Noun, singular or mass
This guy's large nose didn't develop until fairly recently; it's only been the last few million years that the tapir's nose grew to its present length.