Stump-tailed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]