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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra;
[syn: Malayan tapir, Indian tapir, Tapirus indicus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Malayan tapir \Malayan tapir\ n. (Zool.) A large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate (Tapirus indicus) of tropical America and Southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout. Syn: Indian tapir, Tapirus indicus. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tapir \Ta"pir\, n. [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. [1913 Webster] Note: 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. [1913 Webster] Tapir tiger (Zool.), the wallah. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Tapirus indicus n 1: a tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra [syn: Malayan tapir, Indian tapir, Tapirus indicus]