Today’s word - tapir
Other forms: tapirsIf it's a hoofed mammal with a short, trunk-like nose, it's probably a tapir. Unless you spend a lot of time in the jungle, you're most likely to see a tapir at the zoo.
It might take you a minute to identify a tapir, even if you frequent the South American and Southeast Asian jungles where most tapirs live. These horse and zebra relatives are rare, considered endangered or vulnerable because of human activity. The most distinctive thing about tapirs is probably the flexible nose, which is much shorter than an elephant's trunk but equally useful for grabbing leaves to eat.
Definitions of tapir
1. noun large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout
types: New World tapir, Tapirus terrestris
a tapir found in South America and Central America
Indian tapir, Malayan tapir, Tapirus indicus
a tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra
type of: odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal
placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot
Question
The ________ is a pig-shaped, plant-eating mammal with a short snout.
(A) iguana
(B) emu
(C) tapir
(D) aphid
Right Answer :- (C) tapir
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