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taillessness

taillessness noun: the state or condition of being tailless; lack of a tail.

Noun

taillessness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being tailless; lack of a tail.
    • Prior to this study “there were many hypotheses about why hominoids evolved to be tailless,” the most common of which connected taillessness to upright posture and the evolution of bipedal walking, said lead study author Bo Xia, a research fellow in the Gene Regulation Observatory and principal...2024 March 23, Mindy Weisberger, “Why don’t humans have tails? Scientists find answers in an unlikely place”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2024

Origin of taillessness

From tailless + -ness.

Questions about taillessness

What does taillessness mean?
Taillessness means the state or condition of being tailless; lack of a tail.
What part of speech is taillessness?
Taillessness is a noun.

Words near taillessness in the dictionary

  1. taillamp
  2. taillamps
  3. taille
  4. tailles
  5. tailless
  6. taillessness
  7. tailleur
  8. tailleurs
  9. taillie
  10. taillies
  11. taillight

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