Malayan tapir

noun

Tapirus indicus, a blackish tapir with a broad white area on the middle part of the body, native to southern Myanmar and Thailand, Malaysia, and Sumatra.

Similar
hog tapirIndian tapirkudaTapirus indicus
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Meanings

nounMalayan tapir (plural Malayan tapirs)

plural Malayan tapirs

  1. Tapirus indicus, a blackish tapir with a broad white area on the middle part of the body, native to southern Myanmar and Thailand, Malaysia, and Sumatra.

    Synonyms: hog tapir, Indian tapir, kuda

Synonyms & antonyms

nounTapirus indicus, a blackish tapir with a broad white area on the middle part of the body, native to southern Myanmar and Thailand, Malaysia, and Sumatra.

Similar
hog tapirIndian tapirkuda

More synonyms by meaning

nouna tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra

Similar
Indian tapirTapirus indicus
Broader
tapir
Also see
asian tapirhog tapirindian tapir

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian малайски тапир
  • малайски тапир (malajski tapir)Translations
Polish tapir malajski
  • tapir malajskiTranslations
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APA

Malayan tapir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malayan%20tapir

MLA

“Malayan tapir.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malayan%20tapir. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Malayan tapir,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malayan%20tapir.

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