tailless

English

Etymology

From Middle English tailles, equivalent to tail +‎ -less.

Adjective

tailless (not comparable)

1. Without a tail; not having a tail.
   • 2003, Sharon Lynn Vanderlip, The Guinea Pig Handbook‎^[1], page 11:

     Cavies are caviomorphs. Caviomorphs are tailless South American rodents that are characterized by having one pair of mammae (teats), four digits on the forefoot, and three digits on the hind foot, as well as special anatomical features of the head and jaws.

   • 2006, Colin Patterson, Pet Rats, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 23:

     The Manx Rat: This tailless rat variety is usually smaller than the standard rat with front legs that are shorter than its hind legs.

   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 36:

     Strictly speaking, the term toad should be restricted to members of the family Bufonidae, of which the common European and natterjack toads are good examples. But common parlance has seen the name applied to any warty tail-less amphibian.

Synonyms

• acaudal, acaudate

Translations

without a tail

• Danish: haleløs (da)
• Finnish: hännätön (fi)
• German: schwanzlos (de)
• Greek: άκερκος (el) (ákerkos)

  Ancient: ἄκερκος (ákerkos)

• Khmer: កណ្ដូង (km) (kon dong), ឥតកន្ទុយ (it kon tuy)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: haleløs, halelaus

  Nynorsk: halelaus

• Polish: bezogonowy (pl)
• Portuguese: acaudado
• Russian: бесхвостый (ru) (besxvostyj)
• Spanish: rabón (es) m, chingo (es) m, jolín (es) m, jolino m, cuto (es) m, choco (es) m, chucuto m, tuso (es) m, curto (es) m (Spain), anuro (es) m, francolino (es) m
• Tagalog: punggi, tukong

Anagrams

• tallises