anurous

1. 1.

   not having a tail

   “anurous toads and frogs”

   Synonymstailless

   Similaracaudate

Questions about anurous

What does anurous mean?

anurous means "not having a tail".

How many syllables are in anurous?

anurous has 3 syllables: a-nu-rous. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for anurous?

Close synonyms include tailless. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anurous a common word?

anurous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.