stubby
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"Its stubby little arms with only one row of suckers set it apart from most octopus we are familiar with," Voight said.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
These thrust differentials are coordinated with dual flaps on the trailing edges of the stubby wings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
The complaints roll in: The fork tines are too stubby, the dessert spoon holds its contents hostage.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025
You don't get a tick in the box if the name on the ballot paper means nothing to the voter clutching their stubby pencil in the voting booth.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025
Owing to his sugarcane habit, his stubby front teeth are all pretty much gone to the sweet hereafter.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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