trunklessadj.
/ˈtrʌŋklɪs/ Having no trunk; esp. without a body, or severed from the body, as a head.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > [adjective] > having no
trunkless1631
the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [adjective] > pruned or lopped
doddedc1440
lopped1570
stubbed1575
polled1587
pollard1638
putatory1656
sneddedc1700
topped1712
pollarded?1790
lopping1795
spurring-in1829
summer-pruned1830
trunkless1897
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [adjective] > relating to elephants > having or not having parts
trunkeda1794
tuskless1859
trunkless1897
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 279 Their trunklesse faces.
1682 J. Banks Vertue Betray'd v. i. 78 The Trunkless Head with darting Eyes beheld her.
1820 Examiner No. 630. 290/1 The exhibition of their trunkless heads.
1897 Daily News 18 Feb. 2/2 The woolly elephant is trunkless.
1897 Naturalist 243 A generation..that lops its oaks into trunkless brush-wood.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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