tailless en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English tailles, equivalent to tail + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without a tail; not having a tail.
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.
2003, Sharon Lynn Vanderlip, The Guinea Pig Handbook, page 11: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.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 36:Fossils show that the ancient primate Proconsul africanus, shown in the illustration above, was a tailless tree-dweller.
2024 March 23, Mindy Weisberger, “Why don’t humans have tails? Scientists find answers in an unlikely place”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2024:The Manx Rat: This tailless rat variety is usually smaller than the standard rat with front legs that are shorter than its hind legs.
2006, Colin Patterson, Pet Rats, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 23:
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Translations (31)
da haleløs (without a tail) · es francolino (without a tail) · ru бесхвостый (without a tail) · es cuncuno (without a tail) · cy digynffon (without a tail) · es choco (without a tail) · es tuso (without a tail) · nb halelaus (without a tail) · es jolín (without a tail) · es curto (without a tail) · km កណ្ដូង (without a tail) · es chucuto (without a tail) · fr anoure (without a tail) · es jolino (without a tail) · tr kuyruksuz (without a tail) · grc ἄκερκος (without a tail) · es cuto (without a tail) · es rabón (without a tail) · fi hännätön (without a tail) · km ឥតកន្ទុយ (without a tail) · pt acaudado (without a tail) · es anuro (without a tail) · nb haleløs (without a tail) · es chingo (without a tail) · el άκερκος (without a tail) · tl punggi (without a tail) · tl tukong (without a tail) · ca anur (without a tail) · de schwanzlos (without a tail) · pl bezogonowy (without a tail) · nn halelaus (without a tail)