maneless
5.1
Not having long hair around the neck, as in some lions or horses
- adjective
- /ˈmeɪn.ləs/
:
sin melena
- A group of maneless horses grazed peacefully in the pasture.
Examples
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The zoo has a rare exhibit featuring maneless lions from Africa.
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The artist created a sculpture of a maneless horse, emphasizing its graceful shape.
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Large, maneless cave lions (Panthera atrox) once ranged throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and archaeological evidence suggests that early humans were scavengers for hundreds of thousands of years before they began hunting for themselves.
Academic text (2009)
Antonyms
How Maned
maned
3.4
maneless
5.1
Surface Forms
maneless positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word maneless comes from mane meaning 'long hair on the neck' and the ending -less meaning 'without'. So a maneless animal is simply one 'without a mane', like a smooth-necked lion or horse.
