GENUS TAPIRUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Tapiridae

Synonyms:

genus Tapirus; Tapirus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Tapirus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Tapirus"):

tapir (large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout)

Holonyms ("genus Tapirus" is a member of...):

family Tapiridae; Tapiridae (tapirs and extinct related forms)