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tapiroid

tapiroid adjective: related to the tapir.

Adjective

tapiroid (not comparable)

  1. Related to the tapir

Noun

tapiroid (plural tapiroids)

  1. Any of the superfamily Tapiroidea of perissodactyls.

Forms of tapiroid

pluraltapiroids

Origin of tapiroid

From tapir + -oid.

Questions about tapiroid

What does tapiroid mean?
Tapiroid means related to the tapir.
What part of speech is tapiroid?
Tapiroid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near tapiroid in the dictionary

  1. tapir frogs
  2. Tapirapé
  3. tapirid
  4. tapirids
  5. tapirine
  6. tapiroid
  7. tapiroids
  8. tapiromorph
  9. tapiromorphs
  10. tapirs
  11. tapis

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