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Definition of Hornless
1. Adjective. Having no horns. "Hornless cattle"
Definition of Hornless
1. a. Having no horn.
Definition of Hornless
1. Adjective. Without horns. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hornless
1. lacking a horn [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hornless
Literary usage of Hornless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Explorations in Turkestan, Expedition of 1904: Prehistoric Civilizations of by Raphael Pumpelly (1908)
"As is well known, it is difficult to find among the hornless sheep such ...
The skulls of hornless sheep and of goats are distinguishable from each other ..."
2. Heredity and Sex by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1913)
"The analysis is then as follows: One "dose" of horns (H) in the male produces
horns, but two doses are necessary for the female. Gametes of Fi hornless ? ..."
3. Control of Heredity: A Study of the Genesis of Evolution and Degeneracy by Casper Lavater Redfield (1903)
"In 1770 there was born in Paraguay a hornless bull which became the progenitor
of a race of hornless cattle that has multiplied extensively in that ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"hornless cattle have existed for many centuries. Disregarding the uncertain,
although probable, references of four to five thousand years ago, ..."
5. The Genetic and the Operative Evidence Relating to Secondary Sexual Characters by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1919)
"Castration produces no change in their hornless condition. ... Combining both
sexes, the expectation for F2 is 4 horned to 4 hornless. ..."
6. Control of Heredity: A Study of the Genesis of Evolution and Degeneracy by Casper Lavater Redfield (1903)
"In 1770 there was born in Paraguay a hornless bull which became the progenitor
of a race of hornless cattle that has multiplied extensively in that ..."
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