n.
Pronunciation: ' t ā -p ə r also ' t ā - ˌ pir or t ə - ' pir
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural tapirs also tapir
Etymology: Portuguese tapir, tapira, from Tupi tapi ʔ íra
Date: 1774
: any of a genus ( Tapirus ) of herbivorous chiefly nocturnal perissodactyl mammals of tropical America and southeastern Asia from Myanmar to Sumatra that have a heavy sparsely hairy body and the snout and upper lip prolonged into a short flexible proboscis
tapir