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tapir
/ˈteɪpiːə(ɹ)/
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What does tapir mean?
noun
- An odd-toed ungulate of the genus Tapirus with a long prehensile upper lip.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈteɪpiːə(ɹ)/
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/ˈteɪpɪə(ɹ)//ˈteɪpə(ɹ)/
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In the same way, the Palaeotherium tended to connect forms so different as the tapir, the rhinoceros, and the horse.
One ingenious fellow arranged an old piece of canvas in the form of a tapir, placed himself under it, and crawled about on all fours.
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Another remarkable animal restored by the great French palaeontologist, the Palaeotherium, similarly tended to connect together animals to all appearance so different as the rhinoceros, the horse, and the tapir.
"There never may have been grade between pig and tapir, yet from some common progenitor. Now if the intermediate ranks had produced infinite species, probably the series would have been more perfect."
The earth, when drenched with rain, and heated again by the rays of the sun, emits that musky odour which in the torrid zone, is common to animals of very different classes, namely: to the jaguar, the small species of tiger cat, the cabiai or thick-nosed tapir,* (* Cavia capybara, Linn.; chiguire.) the galinazo vulture,* (* Vultur aura, Linn., Zamuro, or Galinazo: the Brazilian vulture of Buffon.