maneless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English mane Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English maneless From mane + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without a mane.
The scientists had partly suspected that the maneless males were adolescents mistaken for adults by amateur observers.
2002 April, Philip Caputo, “Maneless Lions”, in National Geographic: