tapir : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tapir	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tapir
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tapir n large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tapir \Ta"pir\, n. [Braz. tapy'ra: cf. F. tapir.] (Zo[94]l.) 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. 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 ({T. Americanus}), which, when adult, is dull brown. Several others species inhabit the Andes and Central America. {Tapir tiger} (Zo[94]l.), the wallah.