antlerlessness

English

Etymology

antlerless +‎ -ness

Noun

antlerlessness (uncountable)

  1. Absence of antlers.
    • 1991, International Union of Game Biologists, Global trends in wildlife management, page 301:
      Antlerlessness was noted only in females. This phenomenon is fairly rare for wild deer of the Kola Peninsula, in contrast to some mountain and tundra populations where antlerlessness reaches 25-23%.
    • 2007, Tom Chapin, Poachers Caught!: Adventures of a Northwoods Game Warden:
      The judge slowly opened the bag and there in all its antlerlessness was the deer head from the illegally taken fawn.
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