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TAPIRUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tapirus mean?
• TAPIRUS (noun)
The noun TAPIRUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Tapiridae
Familiarity information: TAPIRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Tapiridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Tapirus; Tapirus
Hypernyms ("Tapirus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Tapirus"):
tapir (large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout)
Holonyms ("Tapirus" is a member of...):
family Tapiridae; Tapiridae (tapirs and extinct related forms)
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