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tailless

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Without a tail; not having a tail.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

not having a tail

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • anurous toads and frogs

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: anurous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: anur — without a tail
  • Danish: haleløs — without a tail
  • Finnish: hännätön — without a tail
  • French: anoure — without a tail
  • German: schwanzlos — without a tail
  • Greek: άκερκος (ákerkos) — without a tail
  • Ancient Greek: ἄκερκος (ákerkos) — without a tail
  • Khmer: កណ្ដូង (kon dong) — without a tail
  • Khmer: ឥតកន្ទុយ (it kon tuy) — without a tail
  • Norwegian Bokmål: haleløs — without a tail
  • Norwegian Bokmål: halelaus — without a tail
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: halelaus — without a tail
  • Polish: bezogonowy — without a tail
  • Portuguese: acaudado — without a tail
  • Russian: бесхвостый (besxvostyj) — without a tail
  • Spanish: rabón — without a tail
  • Spanish: chingo — without a tail
  • Spanish: jolín — without a tail
  • Spanish: jolino — without a tail
  • Spanish: cuto — without a tail
  • Spanish: choco — without a tail
  • Spanish: chucuto — without a tail
  • Spanish: tuso — without a tail
  • Spanish: curto — without a tail
  • Spanish: anuro — without a tail
  • Spanish: francolino — without a tail
  • Spanish: cuncuno — without a tail
  • Tagalog: punggi — without a tail
  • Tagalog: tukong — without a tail
  • Turkish: kuyruksuz — without a tail
  • Welsh: digynffon — without a tail
Real reading context

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