Modifies a noun

• tail: In poultry, there is an oil gland located dorsally to the stumpy tail of the bird.

• tooth: The camels were not a pretty pair and Krishna's stumpy teeth, green tongue and foul breath did not endear him to me.

• finger: It could be my stumpy fingers you might think but the buttons are so far apart in some occasions as to be ridiculous.

• wader: Nothing special although the large stumpy wader known as the Gray Plover made sudden darts to capture its food.

• tower: The church, which lies past the deserted lighthouse, has stumpy twin towers and a short nave.

• figure: It was a stumpy figure with a round face and a hat like a black halo.