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[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]