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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.
A quadruped of S. America, about 6 feet long and 3 l/2 high, resembling a hog in shape, with a short movable proboscis. It frequents the water, like the hippopotamus.

Definition 2024


Tapir

Tapir

See also: tapir and tapír

German

Tapir

Noun

Tapir m (genitive Tapirs, plural Tapire)

  1. tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with long prehensile upper lip)

Declension

tapir

tapir

See also: Tapir and tapír

English

A 19th-century watercolour of a Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), from the William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings at the National Museum of Singapore

Noun

tapir (plural tapirs)

  1. Any one the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip, of which all four surviving species are in genus Tapirus.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

tapir m (plural tapirs, diminutive tapirtje n)

  1. tapir

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tapiʁ/

Etymology 1

From Frankish *tappijan.

Verb

tapir

  1. (reflexive) to hide
Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Etymology 2

From Tupian tapiira.

Noun

tapir m (plural tapirs)

  1. tapir

Anagrams


Polish

Noun

tapir m anim

  1. tapir

Declension


Portuguese

tapir (Tapirus indicus)

Etymology

Borrowing from Old Tupi tapiira.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ta.ˈpiɾ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.ˈpi(ʁ)/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧pir

Noun

tapir m (plural tapires)

  1. tapir

Synonyms


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧pir

Noun

tapir m (plural tapires)

  1. tapir

Synonyms


Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish tapir (tapir), from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapiira.

Noun

tapír

  1. tapir