venomousness
noun/ˈvɛnəməsnəs/ · /ˈvɛnməsnəs/
Etymology From venomous + -ness.
1
The condition of being venomous.
- Researchers assumed that there was no venom without a delivery system, and so they concluded that venomousness must be a highly derived trait seen in a relatively small fraction of all snake species.2012, Carl T. Bergstrom, Lee Alan Dugatkin, “Phylogeny and Evolutionary History”, in Betsy Twitchell, editor, Evolution, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 125: