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TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tapirus terrestris mean?
• TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS (noun)
The noun TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS has 1 sense:
1. a tapir found in South America and Central America
Familiarity information: TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tapir found in South America and Central America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
New World tapir; Tapirus terrestris
Hypernyms ("Tapirus terrestris" is a kind of...):
tapir (large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout)
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