hornlessness
Lacking cranial protrusions
Hornlessness is the state of lacking horns.
The term appears mainly in agricultural and zoological contexts, describing breeds or individual animals born without horns: Hornlessness in cattle is a desirable trait for safety reasons.
The condition may be natural or the result of selective breeding.
Collected opinions systematically
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- dairyMilk-based foods collectively
- beefBovine meat for eating
herd · selective · crossbreeding · purebred · seedstock · sire · dam · pedigree
Mythical one-horned horse
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- fableMoral tale with animals
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- creatureLiving, sentient entity
chimera · polled · supernatural · folklore · enchanted · magical · bestiary · allegory
Agricultural land tract
- ranchLivestock-raising estate
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- bovineOf the cattle family
farmer · agriculture · milking · heifer · steer · oxen · animal welfare · handling
Gene variant at one locus
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- heritabilityGenetic share of variation
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
recessive · dominant · gene · locus · inheritance · DNA · chromosome · polygenic
polled
Collected opinions systematically
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- dairyMilk-based foods collectively
beef · herd · selective · crossbreeding · purebred · seedstock · sire · dam · pedigree · artificial
unicorn
Mythical one-horned horse
creature · chimera · polled · supernatural · folklore · enchanted · magical · bestiary · allegory · symbolism
farm
Agricultural land tract
bovine · farmer · agriculture · milking · heifer · steer · oxen · animal welfare · handling · safety
allele
Gene variant at one locus
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- heritabilityGenetic share of variation
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
genotype · recessive · dominant · gene · locus · inheritance · DNA · chromosome · polygenic · monogenic