Limblessness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being limbless; lack of limbs. uncountable

    "Limblessness has evolved separately among snakes, caecilians, and slowworms."

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"Limblessness has evolved separately among snakes, caecilians, and slowworms."

Etymology

From limbless + -ness.

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