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/ˈteɪpiːə(ɹ)/ · noun
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.
Use tapir when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tapir means An odd-toed ungulate of the genus Tapirus with a long prehensile upper lip..
Common synonyms include bush cow, mountain cow.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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