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Webster 1913 Edition
Tapir
Ta′pir
,Noun.
[Braz.
tapy’ra
: cf. F. tapir
.] (Zool.)
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. ☞ 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 (Tapirus Americanus
), which, when adult, is dull brown. Several others species inhabit the Andes and Central America. Tapir tiger
(Zool.)
, the wallah.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tapir
TA'PIR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
tapír
tapír
Hungarian
tapír
Noun
tapír (plural tapírok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | tapír | tapírok |
| accusative | tapírt | tapírokat |
| dative | tapírnak | tapíroknak |
| instrumental | tapírral | tapírokkal |
| causal-final | tapírért | tapírokért |
| translative | tapírrá | tapírokká |
| terminative | tapírig | tapírokig |
| essive-formal | tapírként | tapírokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | tapírban | tapírokban |
| superessive | tapíron | tapírokon |
| adessive | tapírnál | tapíroknál |
| illative | tapírba | tapírokba |
| sublative | tapírra | tapírokra |
| allative | tapírhoz | tapírokhoz |
| elative | tapírból | tapírokból |
| delative | tapírról | tapírokról |
| ablative | tapírtól | tapíroktól |
| Possessive forms of tapír | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | tapírom | tapírjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | tapírod | tapírjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | tapírja | tapírjai |
| 1st person plural | tapírunk | tapírjaink |
| 2nd person plural | tapírotok | tapírjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | tapírjuk | tapírjaik |