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tapir

Definitions of tapir
  1. noun
    large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout
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    types:
    tapir americano
    a tapir found in South America and Central America
    tapir asiático, tapir malayo
    a tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra
    type of:
    perisodáctilo
    placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot
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