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short-tailed

Translations

short-tailedadjective
Used chiefly attributively in compound names of animals and plants.
à queue courteEn zoologie, pour décrire un animal dont la queue est courte par rapport au corps.
The short-tailed python prefers to ambush its prey from cover.
Le python à queue courte préfère embusquer ses proies à couvert.
short-tailedpast participle
Describes animals whose tails have been deliberately docked.
Additional translations
à la queue écourtéeSens de morphologie ou d’élevage, pour un animal dont la queue a été coupée ou écourtée.

Definitions

short-tailedadjective
Having a tail that is short in proportion to the body.
The short-tailed python prefers to ambush its prey from cover.
short-tailedpast participle
Having had its tail cut short; docked.
Short-tailed terriers were once common on British farms.
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