tapir
/ˈteɪpiːə(ɹ)/
tapir noun: an odd-toed ungulate of the genus Tapirus with a long prehensile upper lip.
Noun
tapir (plural tapirs)
- An odd-toed ungulate of the genus Tapirus with a long prehensile upper lip.
- Once a dark, clumsy tapir stared at us from a gap in the bushes, and then lumbered away through the forest; once, too, the yellow, sinuous form of a great puma whisked amid the brushwood, and its green, baleful eyes glared hatred at us over its tawny shoulder.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- bush cow, mountain cow
tapir meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Assamese and Tagalog
tapir in Hindi
- large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae
- टपीर ṭapīr
tapir in Tamil
- ஒரு வகைப் பன்றி
tapir in Assamese
- large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae
- টাপিৰা tapira
tapir in Tagalog
- large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae
- tapir
More languagesFewer languages
- tapir in Arabic
- تَابِير tabīr
- tapir in Malay
- badak babi, badak murai, badak tampung, cipan
- tapir in Indonesian
- babi alu, cipan, tenuk
- tapir in Thai
- สมเสร็จ sǒm-sèt
- tapir in Vietnamese
- lợn vòi, heo vòi
Synonyms of tapir
- bush cow
- mountain cow
Forms of tapir
| plural | tapirs |
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Origin of tapir
Borrowed from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.
Words formed from tapir
- tapir frog
- tapirless
- tapirlike
- tapiroid
Phrases with tapir
Words that rhyme with tapir
Questions about tapir
- What does tapir mean?
- Tapir means an odd-toed ungulate of the genus Tapirus with a long prehensile upper lip.
- What is tapir in Hindi?
- Tapir in Hindi is टपीर (ṭapīr). See Tapir meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tapir?
- Tapir is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tapir?
- Tapir is pronounced /ˈteɪpiːə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of tapir?
- The plural of tapir is tapirs.
Words near tapir in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tapir (page history and authors); tapir (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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