'Stump-tailed' definitions:
Definition of 'Stump-tailed'
From: GCIDE
- Stump-tailed \Stump"-tailed`\, a. Having a short, thick tail. [1913 Webster]
- Stump-tailed lizard (Zool.), a singular Australian scincoid lizard (Trachydosaurus rugosus) having a short, thick tail resembling its head in form; -- called also {sleeping lizard}. [1913 Webster]