tapir

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈteɪpiːə(ɹ)/
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/ˈteɪpiːə(ɹ)/ · /ˈteɪpɪə(ɹ)/ · /ˈteɪpə(ɹ)/

Definition of tapir

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An odd-toed ungulate of the genus Tapirus with a long prehensile upper lip.
    “Once a dark, clumsy tapir stared at us from a gap in the bushes, and then lumbered away through the forest; once, too, the yellow, sinuous form of a great puma whisked amid the brushwood, and its green, baleful eyes glared hatred at us over its tawny shoulder.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.

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