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# hornless

adjective (hornless)

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

## Everyday

Hornless means having no horns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornless/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science and farming, some cattle, goats and sheep are naturally hornless (often called «polled»), and some are bred that way for safety. In stories and myths, a hornless unicorn would be just a horse. Common phrases: «hornless cattle», «hornless goat», «a hornless breed».

### Examples

- Some breeds of cow are naturally hornless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornless/#x1)
- The farmer prefers hornless goats because they are safer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornless/#x2)
- A rhino whose horn has been cut off by rangers to protect it from poachers is left hornless for a while. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornless/#x3)
- Female deer are usually hornless; we say they have no antlers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornless/#x4)
- The hornless sheep grazed quietly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornless/#x5)
- Polled cattle are hornless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornless/#x6)

### Note

Built from «horn» + «-less» (without). Farmers often say «polled» for hornless. Strictly, deer have antlers, not horns, so «antlerless» is the exact word for them.

## On Mova

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