Synonyms for tapir
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tey-per, tuh-peer |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪ pər, təˈpɪər |
Top 10 synonyms for tapir Other synonyms for the word tapir
Définition of tapir
Origin :- 1774, perhaps from French tapir (1580), ultimately from Tupi (Brazil) tapira.
- As in ungulate : noun hoofed animal
- And the white bones of the tapir lay in a huddled mass in the open.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- The tapir, then, in point of size takes precedence in the South-American fauna.
- Extract from : « The Forest Exiles » by Mayne Reid
- It now only remained to get the tapir into it, but therein lay the difficulty.
- Extract from : « The Forest Exiles » by Mayne Reid
- Guapo kept his promise with the tapir, and on that very same day.
- Extract from : « The Forest Exiles » by Mayne Reid
- He has reached the spot where Halberger turned in along the tapir path.
- Extract from : « Gaspar the Gaucho » by Mayne Reid
- The habits of the American tapir are not unlike those of the rhinoceros.
- Extract from : « Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found » by Mayne Reid
- The elephant, rhinoceros, tapir, and the man-like orang-outang are all indigenous.
- Extract from : « Due West » by Maturin Murray Ballou
- But Guapo had promised him that he should see the tapir trapped in an hour's time.
- Extract from : « Popular Adventure Tales » by Mayne Reid
- That the tapir was worshipped by the Mayans there is no doubt: ample proof exists.
- Extract from : « The American Egypt » by Channing Arnold
- The tapir was his principal symbol, and to what does this fact point?
- Extract from : « The American Egypt » by Channing Arnold
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