tapir means an odd-toed ungulate of the genus Tapirus with a long prehensile upper lip. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
tapir is pronounced /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.”