"armless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-armless.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Middle English armlees; equivalent to arm + -less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|armlees}} Middle English armlees, {{suffix|en|arm|less}} arm + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} armless (not comparable)
  1. Having no arms. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: armlessly, armlessness, armless wonder Translations (without arms): bezruký (Czech), kädetön (Finnish), armlos (German), bezręki (Polish), безру́кий (bezrúkij) (Russian), armlös (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-armless-en-adj-Nut01EJO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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