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Thesaurus: stump-tailed

Having a short, thick tail.

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Definitions

  1. a. Having a short, thick tail.
  2. Having a short, thick tail. Stump-tailed lizard (Zoöl.), a singular Australian scincoid lizard (Trachydosaurus rugosus) having a short, thick tail resembling its head in form; -- called also sleeping lizard.
  3. Having a short, thick tail. Stump-tailed lizard (Zoöl.), asingular Australian scincoid lizard (Trachydosaurus rugosus) having ashort, thick tail resembling its head in form; -- called alsosleeping lizard.