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tapira
Tupi · pre-1500s
"a large forest mammal"
named the large, long-snouted forest mammal
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tapir
Portuguese · 1560s
"a large, pig-like forest mammal with a short trunk"
adopted by Portuguese colonists describing Brazilian wildlife
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tapir
French · 1600s
"a large, hoofed mammal with a flexible snout"
passed into French natural history writing describing New World animals
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tapir
English · 1770s
"a large, herbivorous mammal with a short trunk-like snout"
adopted into English zoological terminology
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