trachydosaurus rugosus

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trachydosaurus rugosus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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
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