tongueless

Definitions of tongueless
  1. adjective
    lacking a tongue
    “tongueless moccasins”
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    antonyms:
    tongued
    provided with or resembling a tongue; often used in combination
    tonguelike
    resembling a tongue in form or function
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  2. adjective
    expressed without speech
    “"best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson”
    synonyms: mute, unspoken, wordless
    inarticulate, unarticulate
    without or deprived of the use of speech or words
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