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Definition of Humpless
1. a. Without a hump.
Definition of Humpless
1. Adjective. Without humps. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Humpless
1. lacking a hump [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humpless
Literary usage of Humpless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In Darkest Africa, Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"They are almost equal in size to English oxen, and are of a humpless breed, very
different from the species south and east of Lake Victoria. ..."
2. The Mammals of India: A Natural History of All the Animals Known to Inhabit by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1874)
"The next group is the Taurine, subdivided by Bly th into—1. the Zebus, or humped
domestic cattle ; 2. Taurus, the humpless cattle with cylindrical horns ..."
3. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"The taurine or Ox group is divided into the Zebus, or humped domestic cattle ;
Taurus, humpless cattle with cylindrical horns ..."
4. The Natural History Review: A Quarterly Journal of Biological Science by Armagh Natural History and Philosophical Society, Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, Cork Scientific and Literary Society, Cuvierian Society of Cork, Dublin University Zoological and Botanical Association, Literary and Scientific Instit (1854)
"red colour, is likewise enigmatical. It is perhaps identical with the 5.
The domestic humpless species, with short horns and of a Siamese ..."
5. In Darkest Africa by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"They are almost equal in size to English oxen, and are of a humpless breed, very
different from the species south and east of Lake Victoria. ..."
6. Hand-book of Indian Agriculture by Nitya Gopal Mukerji (1901)
"... the humpless cylindrical horned cattle of Europe, ... humpless somewhat
flattened horned cattle of India and South-Eastern Asia ; and (3) the ..."
7. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1895)
"But the cattle differ from the Indian ones in being humpless ; occasionally one
was to be seen yoked in a plough with a pony. For two days we marched up ..."
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