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Meanings of hornless in English

Having no horns.

Usage of hornless in English
1
Logan, you poor old hornless maverick, d'you think I'm on somebody's trail?
Trailin'!
2
In some of these the females are horned, but the majority are hornless.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
3
Formerly kine were hornless as it has been heard by us.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
4
Gelt-stags and bucks have hornless heads, like hinds and does.
The Natural History of Selborne
5
The little ballerinas were now legless, the tranquil-looking cows were hornless and without tails.
Deadly
6
We share no blood with those hornless mountain rats, Firesword.
Brisingr
7
The female of the pair which approached was hornless.
Adventures in Africa / By an African Trader
8
He was seeking one reassuring glimpse of the black, hornless herd whose pastures these were.
The Forfeit
9
A hornless stag or spurless cock would have a poor chance of leaving numerous offspring.
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection / Or, the Pr...
10
Both sexes in Dorset sheep have well-developed horns; in the Suffolk breed both sexes are hornless.
Taboo and Genetics / A Study of the Biological, Sociological and...
11
STRANGER: But the remainder of the hornless herd of tame animals will not mix the breed.
Statesman
12
The sheep is the big, hornless, flop-eared huniya.
Among the Tibetans
13
It was an English saddle, hornless and battered.
Idiot america: how stupidity became a virtue in the land of the ...
14
If we should die, we would rather die hornless than live with horns, said the king.
Filipino Popular Tales
15
Is it not the same with you hornless humans, or have you no stomach for pain?
Brisingr
16
The Exmoor is horned, the Dartmoor hornless.
A Short History of English Agriculture
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