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Webster 1913 Edition


Stump-tailed

Stump′-tailedˊ

,
Adj.
Having a short, thick tail.
Stump-tailed lizard
(Zool.)
,
a singular Australian scincoid lizard (
Trachydosaurus rugosus
) having a short, thick tail resembling its head in form; – called also
sleeping lizard
.