"tongueless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English tongeles, tunglees, equivalent to tongue + -less. Cognate with Old Norse tungulauss (“tongueless”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tongeles}} Middle English tongeles, {{af|en|tongue|-less}} tongue + -less, {{cog|non|tungulauss|t=tongueless}} Old Norse tungulauss (“tongueless”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} tongueless (not comparable)
  1. Having no tongue.
    (of an animal or person) Having no tongue whether through its normal nature, because of birth defect, or because of amputation.
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tongueless-en-adj-en:without_a_tongue_anatomically Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Persian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 23 9 4 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 51 23 11 3 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 13 6 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 21 8 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 23 5 1 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 42 12 24 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 69 17 8 1 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 46 13 27 10 5
  2. Having no tongue.
    (of wagons and farm implements) Having no tongue because hitched in another way.
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tongueless-en-adj-en:without_a_tongue_for_towing Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  3. Lacking speech; mute. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tongueless-en-adj-en:lacking_speech__mute
  4. Making no sound; silent, speechless. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tongueless-en-adj-en:silent__speechless
  5. Expressed without speech; wordless, unspoken. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tongueless-en-adj-en:expressed_wordlessly
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tongueless frog, tonguelessly, tonguelessness Related terms: untongued Translations (having no tongue): ἄγλωσσος (áglōssos) (Ancient Greek), ēlinguis (Latin), بیزبان (Persian)
Disambiguation of 'having no tongue': 49 49 1 2 0
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