clawless

English

Etymology

claw +‎ -less

Adjective

clawless (comparative more clawless, superlative most clawless)

Having no claws.
- 1920, Journal of Genetics, volume 9, page 165:
  Where both parents are clawless the progeny also are usually unclawed, indicating that the genetic factors concerned are either wholly lost to the germ plasm or too weak to express themselves in the soma.

Derived terms

African clawless otter
Cape clawless otter
Cape Range clawless gecko
Central Uplands clawless gecko
clawless draba
clawless otter
Congo clawless otter
Madagascar clawless gecko
northern clawless gecko
Pilbara clawless gecko
southwestern clawless gecko
Southwest Kimberley clawless gecko
western clawless gecko

Translations

without claw

Tamil: வளைநகமற்ற (vaḷainakamaṟṟa)

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