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# hairless

adjective (hairless)

«hairless» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Having no hair or very little hair, as in «a hairless cat» or «a hairless baby mouse». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairless/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on mammals, most mammals have hair, but some are almost hairless, like naked mole rats and dolphins; the Sphynx is a hairless breed of cat. Newborn mice and many baby birds are born hairless or featherless. In stories, a hairless character might be old, a baby, or an alien.

### Examples

- Sphynx cats are hairless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairless/#x1)
- Baby mice are born pink and hairless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairless/#x2)
- Naked mole rats are almost hairless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairless/#x3)
- Dolphins are mammals but they are nearly hairless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairless/#x4)
- The newborn puppy's tummy was hairless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairless/#x5)
- The alien in the comic had a hairless green head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairless/#x6)
- And the Fox, old, thin, and almost hairless, had even lost his tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairless/#x7)

### Note

«-less» means «without». Close word: «bald» (usually for a person's head). «Hairless» is more for animals and body parts.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hairless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hairless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hairless.html) on Mova free.