The tapered body is covered with very small scales over a skin with a leathery texture, inspiring the common name.

Species of Doumea have a rather large and tapered body, a pointed head, and a thin caudal peduncle.

These were relatively short and tall in proportion, with a tapered body that widened upwards, above the wheels.

It differs from the beaker in its tapered body and narrow neck.

The Syrath astrophysicist's four baroquely jointed legs moved his tapered, tentacled, dome-headed body forward with surprising speed and grace.

There were beetles with burnished carapaces that gleamed like precious metals, and wasps with translucent wings flickering above their sinister tapered bodies.

The cut and style of his tunic were unusual; its tapered body and wide flaring sleeves gave it a distinctly different look and betrayed its foreign origin.

This grouper has a tapered body, often reddish, with vertical stripes on its sides.

The simple system flute had a cylindrical head joint and a reverse tapered body.

The drum has a tapered body carved from a single piece of wood that is similar in shape to a conga.