Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tapir
1 sense of tapir
Sense 1
tapir -- (large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout)
=> odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal -- (placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot)