venomousness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈvɛnməsnəs/ in rapid speech
- /ˈvɛnəməsnəs/
Etymology
From venomous + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The condition of being venomous.
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.
2012, Carl T. Bergstrom, Lee Alan Dugatkin, “Phylogeny and Evolutionary History”, in Betsy Twitchell, editor, Evolution, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 125:
Synonyms
Translations (2)
enm venymouste (condition of being venomous) · enm venymoushede (condition of being venomous)