Stump-tailed

Stump-tailed
Stump-tailed Stump"-tailed`, a. Having a short, thick tail. [1913 Webster]

{Stump-tailed lizard} (Zo["o]l.), a singular Australian scincoid lizard ({Trachydosaurus rugosus}) having a short, thick tail resembling its head in form; -- called also {sleeping lizard}. [1913 Webster]


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  • Stump-tailed lizard — Stump tailed Stump tailed , a. Having a short, thick tail. [1913 Webster] {Stump tailed lizard} (Zo[ o]l.), a singular Australian scincoid lizard ({Trachydosaurus rugosus}) having a short, thick tail resembling its head in form; called also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stump-tailed Macaque — Taxobox name = Stump tailed MacaqueMSW3 Groves|pages=161] status = VU trend = unknown status system = iucn3.1 status ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Eudey et al | year = 2000 | id = 12548 | title = Macaca arctoides | downloaded = 2006 05 11 Listed… …   Wikipedia

  • Stump-tailed Porcupine — Taxobox name = Stump tailed Porcupine status = LR/lc status system = iucn2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Erethizontidae subfamilia = Erethizontinae genus = Echinoprocta genus authority = Gray,… …   Wikipedia

  • stump-tailed lizard — /stʌmp teɪld ˈlɪzəd/ (say stump tayld lizuhd) noun → shingleback. Also, stump tailed skink, stumpy …  

  • stump-tailed macaque — noun Date: 1938 a dark reddish brown naked faced short tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides syn. M. speciosa) of eastern Asia called also stump tailed monkey …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • stump-tailed macaque — noun or stump tailed monkey : a dark reddish brown pink faced short tailed macaque (Macaca speciosa) found in eastern Asia from Tibet to Indochina and Malaysia …   Useful english dictionary

  • stump-tailed monkey — noun see stump tailed macaque …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • stump-tailed macaque — meškinė makaka statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Macaca arctoides angl. bear macaque; stump tailed macaque rus. медвежий макак ryšiai: platesnis terminas – makakos …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

  • stump-tailed monkey — noun see stump tailed macaque …   Useful english dictionary

  • stump-tailed lizard — noun see stump tail …   Useful english dictionary

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