clawless
adj/ˈklɔːləs/
Etymology From claw + -less.
1
Having no claws.
- 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.1920, Journal of Genetics, volume 9, page 165:
- You are still clawless, and that guard on the wall probably thinks you’re doing some kind of very-low-energy yoga routine.2020, Kazerad, ==>, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), August 19 2020
- Derived terms
- African clawless otter, Cape clawless otter, Cape Range clawless gecko, Central Uplands clawless gecko, clawless draba, clawlessness, clawless otter, Congo clawless otter, Madagascar clawless gecko, northern clawless gecko, Pilbara clawless gecko, southwestern clawless gecko, Southwest Kimberley clawless gecko, western clawless gecko