A tapir is a mammal with prehensile lips for eating tree foliage.
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Tapir
/ˈteɪpiːə(ɹ)/
Synonyms for "tapir" (18 found)
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3 entriesBaird's tapirMalayan tapirMountain tapir
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6 entriesBaird's tapirMalayan tapirforest tapirmountain tapirtapir habitattapir snout
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I saw a tapir in the zoo, and it is one of those animals that is so ugly, it is cute.
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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.
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