stubby

"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

As I pull yet another stubby naked fork from the dishwasher, unsheathed from its housing by the sani-heat, I recognize the clock is ticking.

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

Miguel had the stubby controller rod gripped in front of his chest, wielding it like a lightsaber.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

They're essentially shorter, stubbier, and wider pasta noodles, compared to rigatoni.

From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2022

Passed between multiple chambers by a second, stubbier robotic arm on the rover’s underbelly, the sample was sized up and photographed before finally being hermetically sealed and cached.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 6, 2021

Those sycamores are expanding horizontally, creating a canopy over the stubbier plants.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2021

In the ring, Cormier looked every bit the underdog, shorter and stubbier, with his trunks pulled high, as if to emphasize his roundness.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 9, 2018

Those of the red fir are shorter, stubbier and stiffer than those of the white.

From The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter by George Wharton James