tapir

ta·pir

noun
\ˈtā-pər also ˈtā-ˌpir or tə-ˈpir\

plural tapirs also tapir

Definition of TAPIR

: any of a genus (Tapirus) of herbivorous chiefly nocturnal perissodactyl mammals of tropical America and southeastern Asia from Myanmar to Sumatra that have a heavy sparsely hairy body and the snout and upper lip prolonged into a short flexible proboscis

Illustration of TAPIR

Origin of TAPIR

Portuguese tapir, tapira, from Tupi tapiʔíra

First Known Use: 1774

Other Mammals Terms

dormouse, dugong, gibbon, grimalkin, sable, stoat, ungulate, vole

Rhymes with TAPIR

aper, caper, draper, japer, paper, raper, scraper, shaper, taper, vapor