Meanings
nounantlerlessness (uncountable)
- uncountableAbsence of antlers.
The judge slowly opened the bag and there in all its antlerlessness was the deer head from the illegally taken fawn.
2007, Tom Chapin, Poachers Caught!: Adventures of a Northwoods Game Warden1 more example
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%.
1991, International Union of Game Biologists, Global trends in wildlife management, page 301
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