Nonblooded
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Lacking blood. not-comparable
"He put animals into two large categories, blooded and nonblooded. The blooded animals included man, viviparous and oviparous quadrupeds, cetaceans, fish, and birds. These were subdivided according to the degree of perfection of the young at birth. The bloodless animals were mollusks, crustaceans, and insects."
Example
More examples"He put animals into two large categories, blooded and nonblooded. The blooded animals included man, viviparous and oviparous quadrupeds, cetaceans, fish, and birds. These were subdivided according to the degree of perfection of the young at birth. The bloodless animals were mollusks, crustaceans, and insects."
Etymology
From non- + blooded.
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