English > tapir: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout. |
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| Member of | Tapirus, genus Tapirus | type genus of the Tapiridae |
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| Narrower | Malayan tapir, Indian tapir, Tapirus indicus | A tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra |
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| New World tapir, Tapirus terrestris | A tapir found in South America and Central America |
| Broader | odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal | placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot |
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| Spanish | anta, anteburro, danta, danto, sachavaca, tapir, tapirus |
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| Catalan | tapir |
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