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Definition of: tapir
(tā′pər) noun
A large, ungulate, herbivorous, typically nocturnal mammal (family Tapiridae), having short stout limbs and flexible proboscis, with the nostrils near the end. The tapir of South and Central America is brownish-black, that of the Malay Peninsula black and white. ♦ Homophone: taper. [<Sp. <Tupi tapy'ra tapir]
(From to 3 to 3 1/2 feet high)
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