stumptail

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  • stumpy tail lizard, stumpy tail, stump-tailed lizard

Noun

stumptail (plural stumptails)

  1. An Australian lizard, Tiliqua rugosa, that has a stumpy tail. [from 19th c.]
    • 1965, Mudrooroo, Wild Cat Falling, HarperCollins, published 2001, page 129:
      In the yellow sand of the track ahead a stumpy tail lizard lies inert.

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