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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tapir \Ta"pir\, n. [Braz. tapy'ra: cf F. tapir.] (Zo["o]l.)
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
Note: The best-known species are the Indian tapir ({Tapirus
Indicus}), native of the East Indies and Malacca, which
is black with a broad band of white around the middle,
and the common American tapir ({T. Americanus}), which
when adult, is dull brown. Several others species
inhabit the Andes and Central America.
{Tapir tiger} (Zo["o]l.), the wallah.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tapir
n : large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical
America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy
snout
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