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Malayan tapir

Malayan tapir noun: tapirus indicus, a blackish tapir with a broad white area on the middle part of the body, native to southern Myanmar and Thailand, Malaysia, and Sumatra.

malayan tapir: tapirus indicus, a blackish tapir with a broad white area on the middle part of the body, native to...
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Noun

Malayan tapir (plural Malayan tapirs)

  1. Tapirus indicus, a blackish tapir with a broad white area on the middle part of the body, native to southern Myanmar and Thailand, Malaysia, and Sumatra.

Synonyms of Malayan tapir

Forms of Malayan tapir

pluralMalayan tapirs

Questions about Malayan tapir

What does Malayan tapir mean?
Malayan tapir means tapirus indicus, a blackish tapir with a broad white area on the middle part of the body, native to southern Myanmar and Thailand, Malaysia, and Sumatra.
What part of speech is Malayan tapir?
Malayan tapir is a noun.
What is the plural of Malayan tapir?
The plural of Malayan tapir is Malayan tapirs.

Words near Malayan tapir in the dictionary

  1. Malayan giant squirrels
  2. Malayan night heron
  3. Malayan night herons
  4. Malayan slit-faced bat
  5. Malayan slit-faced bats
  6. Malayan tapir
  7. Malayan tapirs
  8. Malayanisation
  9. Malayanist
  10. Malayanists
  11. Malayanization

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