Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having no tail.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Tailless; acaudal; ecaudate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Tailless.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective biology, zoology Tailless.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective lacking a tail or taillike appendage

Etymologies

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From a- (“without”) +‎ caudate (“having a tail”).

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  • lacking a tail or tail-like appendage

    June 12, 2007