Definition of Tailless

1. Adjective. Not having a tail. "Anurous toads and frogs"

Exact synonyms: Anurous
Similar to: Acaudal, Acaudate

Definition of Tailless

1. a. Having no tail.

Definition of Tailless

1. Adjective. Without a tail; not having a tail. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tailless

1. having no tail [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tailless

tailgate party
tailgated
tailgater
tailgaters
tailgates
tailgating
tailgut
tailhead
tailheads
tailings
taillamp
taillamps
taille
tailles
tailless (current term)
tailless tenrec
taillessness
tailleur
tailleurs
taillie
taillies
taillight
taillights
taillike
tailor
tailor's
tailor's chalk
tailor's cramp
tailor's dummy

Literary usage of Tailless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1872)
"On ilte so-called tailless Trout of Islay. ... Several other lochs are near it in which trout are plentiful, but none " tailless." So constant is this that ..."

2. The American Boys Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard (1890)
"... saw one of the kites fly successfully, he takes pleasure in quoting the letter, and in adding to the list in the book: The tailless Kite—Holland Kite. ..."

3. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"... or tailless Batrachians, Urodela or Tailed Batrachians, and Apoda or Cae- ... OR tailless BATRACHIANS. ..."

4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1912)
"THE TALE OF THE tailless CAT BY PAULINE FRANCES CAMP (Nor a sign of a tail does the Manx Cat wear. Listen! the reason I shall declare.) 'T was long ago, ..."

5. Practical Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1915)
"the mud eel are very small and the hind limbs are entirely lacking. tailless Amphibians. — The tailless amphibians, the toads and frogs, are much more ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1872)
"On ilte so-called tailless Trout of Islay. ... Several other lochs are near it in which trout are plentiful, but none " tailless." So constant is this that ..."

7. The American Boys Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard (1890)
"... saw one of the kites fly successfully, he takes pleasure in quoting the letter, and in adding to the list in the book: The tailless Kite—Holland Kite. ..."

8. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"... or tailless Batrachians, Urodela or Tailed Batrachians, and Apoda or Cae- ... OR tailless BATRACHIANS. ..."

9. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1912)
"THE TALE OF THE tailless CAT BY PAULINE FRANCES CAMP (Nor a sign of a tail does the Manx Cat wear. Listen! the reason I shall declare.) 'T was long ago, ..."

10. Practical Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1915)
"the mud eel are very small and the hind limbs are entirely lacking. tailless Amphibians. — The tailless amphibians, the toads and frogs, are much more ..."

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