— rumpless , adj.
/rump/ , n.
1. the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
2. a cut of beef from this part of the animal, behind the loin and above the round. See diag. under beef .
3. the buttocks.
4. the last part, esp. that which is unimportant or inferior: a rump of territory.
5. the remnant of a legislature, council, etc., after a majority of the members have resigned or been expelled.
6. the Rump , Eng. Hist. See Rump Parliament .
adj.
7. constituting a subsidiary or small group or the remnant of a once larger organization: Our local Shakespeare Club will hold a rump meeting at the Elizabethan Drama Teachers' convention.
[ 1375-1425; late ME rumpe rumpe rump, tail; c. G Rumpf body, trunk ]