Definition of Limbless

1. Adjective. Having no limbs. "A snake is a limbless reptile"

Similar to: Boughless
Antonyms: Limbed

Definition of Limbless

1. a. Destitute of limbs.

Definition of Limbless

1. Adjective. Lacking limbs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Limbless

1. having no arms or legs [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Limbless

limberly
limberneck
limberness
limbernesses
limbers
limbi
limbi palpebrales
limbic
limbic brain
limbic systems
limbier
limbiest
limbing
limbless (current term)
limblessly
limblessness
limbmeal
limbo
limbolike
limbos
limbous
limbs
limbs of bony semicircular canals
limbus
limbus acetabuli
limbus alveolaris
limbus corneae
limbus fossae ovalis

Literary usage of Limbless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"The typ« genus of a family of degraded, limbless lizard;, of the general appearance of snakes or worms, found only in the West Indies and South America. ..."

2. Outlines of Zoology by John Arthur Thomson, Marion Isabel Newbigin (1906)
"The elongated limbless form of snakes seems at first sight almost enough to define this order from other Reptiles, but it must be carefully noticed that ..."

3. Publications of the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men by Institute for the Crippled and Disabled (1918)
"If he has suffered the amputation of a limb he goes to a 'limbless' hospital and is given every opportunity to make as complete a recovery as modern science ..."

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