"tailless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English tailles, equivalent to tail + -less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tailles}} Middle English tailles, {{suf|en|tail|less}} tail + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} tailless (not comparable)
  1. Without a tail; not having a tail. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: acaudal, acaudate Translations (without a tail): ἄκερκος (ákerkos) (Ancient Greek), haleløs (Danish), hännätön (Finnish), schwanzlos (German), άκερκος (ákerkos) (Greek), កណ្ដូង (kon dong) (Khmer), ឥតកន្ទុយ (it kon tuy) (Khmer), haleløs (Norwegian Bokmål), halelaus (Norwegian Bokmål), halelaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), bezogonowy (Polish), acaudado (Portuguese), бесхвостый (besxvostyj) (Russian), punggi (Tagalog), tukong (Tagalog)

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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "without a tail",
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      "sense": "without a tail",
      "word": "punggi"
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