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tusklessness

tusklessness noun: absence of tusks.

Noun

tusklessness (uncountable)

  1. Absence of tusks.
    • As poachers target elephants with large tusks, the species may be slowly evolving towards tusklessness.

Origin of tusklessness

From tuskless + -ness.

Questions about tusklessness

What does tusklessness mean?
Tusklessness means absence of tusks.
What part of speech is tusklessness?
Tusklessness is a noun.

Words near tusklessness in the dictionary

  1. tuskier
  2. tuskiest
  3. tusking
  4. tuskings
  5. tuskless
  6. tusklessness
  7. tusklike
  8. tusks
  9. tuskwise
  10. tusky
  11. Tuson

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