Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taillessness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tail-less-ness
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or condition of being tailless; lack of a tail.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Prior to this study “there were many hypotheses about why hominoids evolved to be tailless,” the most common of which connected taillessness to upright posture and the evolution of bipedal walking, said lead study author Bo Xia, a research fellow in the Gene Regulation Observatory and principal investigator at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University."

Etymology

From tailless + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tailless

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does taillessness mean?: The state or condition of being tailless; lack of a tail.
Where does taillessness come from?: From tailless + -ness.

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