limbless


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Adj.1.limbless - having no limbs; "a snake is a limbless reptile"
limbed - having or as if having limbs, especially limbs of a specified kind (usually used in combination); "strong-limbed"
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limbless

[ˈlɪmlɪs] ADJ(que está) falto de un brazo or una pierna
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limbless

adj treeastlos; a limbless person (= with no limbs)ein Mensch mohne Gliedmaßen
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References in classic literature ?
It was a limbless thing, with a horrible face, that writhed along the ground in a serpentine fashion.
Hopping down the room, he overthrew, one after another, all the smaller and lighter chairs as he passed them; arrived at the end, he turned, surveyed the prostrate chairs, encouraged himself with a scream of triumph, and leaped rapidly over chair after chair on his hands--his limbless body now thrown back from the shoulders, and now thrown forward to keep the balance--in a manner at once wonderful and horrible to behold.
The dad's limbless torso was discovered in a bin more than a week after he went missing.
Members held a remembrance event at their Broomknoll Street social club to celebrate more than 100 years of supporting the Erskine charity, which first began with a donation of one guinea in 1916 to the Princess Louise Scottish Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers - the original name of the charity.
But, hopefully offering a friendlier welcome to patients than the experience described above, there were three military hospitals carrying out important work in the capital at the time - the 3rd Western General Hospital, the Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital and Prince of Wales Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers.
Stuart was at the London Stadium representing Blesma, the limbless veterans charity.
No A land for heroes, what a farce Limbless homeless gassed No help for heroes Now 2011 countless years have passed No further forward for our heroes 2012 still as in the past Limbless homeless post traumatic stress Still left in limbo Relying on charity of which is Very scant England our England a thing Of the past, All right for the government who send Our boys to war Living the life of Riley in their Mansions Land of Hope and Glory a thing Of the past Could we not look after our Heroes as they do in America Not a ghost in hell's chance 2016 Not so much change for any Wounded soldier of any war.
A MAN being hunted after a woman's headless and limbless torso was found in a suitcase is still at large.
He took part in the 10k Run for All race in York and was again raising cash for the British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association.
I thought your readers might be interested to know that for one night only, on July 9, she is returning to her former school, Christ College in Brecon, to talk about her adventures and future hopes to raise further funds for Blesma (British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association) and a local WI group (Aberhonddu Angels), who are hosting the event.
They did all this to raise cash for BLESMA The Limbless Veterans, a charity which supports all limbless servicemen and women and their families.
The 683-mile trek is in aid of BLESMA, the charity for limbless servicemen and women and their families.