scentlessness

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noun

The state or condition of being scentless.

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Meanings

nounscentlessness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or condition of being scentless.

    It must be, I think, that Nature has endowed the young of ground-nesting birds with a scentlessness which is a form of negative protection from their enemies - if one may use such a definition.

    1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 221

Origin

From scentless + -ness.

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APA

scentlessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scentlessness

MLA

“scentlessness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scentlessness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scentlessness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scentlessness.

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