tapir C2 Topic:Animals US /ˈteɪpiːə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual Freq #73148 Meanings 1 noun 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. 2 noun large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an odd-toed ungulate of the... bush cowmountain cow Etymology Borrowed from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira. Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # tapir **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈteɪpiːə(ɹ)/ **Frequency rank:** 73148 ## Meanings 1. An odd-toed ungulate of the genus Tapirus with a long prehensile upper lip. 2. large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout ## Examples - 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. ## Etymology Borrowed from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira. ## Topics - Animals markdown