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Definition of Tapiroid
1. a. Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir family.
Definition of Tapiroid
1. Adjective. (zoology) Allied to the tapir. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tapiroid
1. pertaining to a tapir [adj] - See also: tapir
Medical Definition of Tapiroid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tapiroid
Literary usage of Tapiroid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketches of the Physical Geography and Geology of Nebraska by Samuel Aughey (1880)
"The distinguishing peculiarity among the mammals that now appeared in large
numbers was the tapiroid features that marked them all. ..."
2. Manual of Geology: Theoretical and Practical by John Phillips (1885)
"Besides the older tapiroid genera, transitional forms appeared, having characters
intermediate between those of the tapiroid ..."
3. Manual of Geology: Theoretical and Practical by John Phillips, Robert Etheridge, Harry Govier Seeley (1885)
"Besides the older tapiroid genera, transitional forms appeared, having characters
intermediate between those of the tapiroid ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... be a true exposition of the real affinities of the genera, but must bo looked
upon rather as a convenient provisional arrangement. A. tapiroid SECTION. ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Of or pertaining to the tapirs ; resembling or characteristic of a tapir : as,
the tapiroid section or series of perissodactyl ungulates (those which have ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1845)
"The two fangs, the contiguous surfaces of which present the deep and wide
longitudinal groove, as in the tapiroid Pachyderms and the Kangaroo, are connected ..."
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