new world tapir

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   a tapir found in South America and Central America

   SynonymsTapirus terrestris

   Broadertapir

Questions about new world tapir

What does new world tapir mean?

new world tapir means "a tapir found in South America and Central America".

What is another word for new world tapir?

Close synonyms include Tapirus terrestris. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is new world tapir a common word?

new world tapir is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.