Venomousness

//ˈvɛnəməsnəs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being venomous. uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    The property of being poisonous or envenomed; or of having a venom-producing gland. wordnet

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From venomous + -ness.

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