Sentence:  Data on the former are scanty , but there can be <WSD>little</WSD> doubt that the latter is sometimes born at a length greater than that of any of the others , thereby lending support to the belief that the anaconda does , indeed , attain the greatest length . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some