Semantics

Тљло у Мђши бІло красќвое и стрћйное. Masha had a beautiful, slender body.
... Трђум бІл корћтенький человљк... с мђленькими рџчками и бесфћрменным тљлом, бћлее ширћким, чем тћлстым. [В. Набоков, Дар] ... Traum was a short little man... with delicate little hands and a shapeless body that was more stocky than fat. [V. Nabokov, The Gift]
This entry is concerned with the use of the word тљло to refer to human and animal bodies; common sense will dictate which of the expressions in this entry can or cannot be used to refer to animals or humans. The word тљло is also used to refer to the part of a human or animal body excluding the head and limbs. This usage is also described in this entry. In some cases, the context can help to distinguish between the two usages, e.g. громђдная головђ на тщедџшном тљле "an enormous head on a frail body." In most cases, this distinction is irrelevant. The word тљло is also used to refer to a corpse. This usage is not described in this entry. In addition, the word тљло has meanings that are not related to human or animal bodies at all, for example, "material, substance" (жќдкие телђ "liquid materials") or "an object in space" (небљсные телђ "heavenly bodies"); these meanings are not described in this dictionary.