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What (who) is Tapir - definition

HERBIVOROUS MAMMAL NATIVE TO SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA, AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

Tapiridae; Tapirs; Evolution of tapirs; Tapir attacks on humans; Cultural depictions of tapirs

Tapir

·noun 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.

tapir

['te?p?, -??]

¦ noun a hoofed mammal with a short flexible proboscis, native to tropical America and Malaysia. [Genus Tapirus: four species.]

Origin

C18: via Sp. and Port. from Tupi tapyra.

Tapir-class landing ship

CLASS OF SOVIET/RUSSIAN LANDING SHIPS

Alligator class landing ship; Tapir class landing ship; Project 1171; Project 1171 Tapir-class landing ship; Project 1171 Tapir; Project 1171 landing ship; Project 1171 Tapir landing ship; Orsk (landing ship); Russian ship Orsk (BDK-69); BDK-69; Russian landing ship Orsk; Russian landing ship Orsk (BDK-69); BDK-69 (Orsk); Project 1171 class landing ship; Orsk (BDK-69); Saratov (landing ship); Russian landing ship Saratov; Alligator-class landing ship; BDK-65 Saratov; Russian ship Orsk

The Soviet designation Project 1171 (Tapir-class) landing ship (NATO reporting name: Alligator) is a class of Soviet / Russian general purpose, beachable amphibious warfare ships (Soviet classification: large landing ship, ).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapir-class_landing_ship

Wikipedia

Tapir

Tapirs ( TAY-pər, TAY-peer, tə-PEER) are large, herbivorous mammals belonging to the family Tapiridae. They are similar in shape to a pig, with a short, prehensile nose trunk. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South and Central America, with one species inhabiting Southeast Asia. They are one of three extant branches of Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates), alongside equines and rhinoceroses. Only a single genus, Tapirus, is currently extant. Tapirs migrated into South America during the Pleistocene epoch from North America after the formation of the Isthmus of Panama as part of the Great American Interchange. Tapirs were formerly present across North America, but became extinct in the region at the end of the Late Pleistocene, around 12,000 years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapir

Examples of use of Tapir

1. The tapir is a striped pig–like mammal that lives mainly in South America, Burma and Thailand.

2. I can‘t help feeling that really he is just a cunning but skittish tapir dressed up in gorilla‘s clothing.

3. During her first week of life, the zoo staff would not let little Jean out of the Tapir house into the main exhibit space, fearing for her safety.

4. Despite Jean‘s willingness to return to life in the enclosure, the capybaras are not afraid of the now–grown tapir, and continue to bother her.

5. Every time the capybaras see the tapir in the zoo‘s South American enclosure, they chase her and try to bite her.