transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtā-pər also ]
ˈtā-ˌpir or tə-ˈpir noun
( plural tapirs also tapir )
Etymology: Portuguese tapir, tapira, from Tupi tapiʔíra
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