Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having no cubs.
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- adjective Without a
cub or cubs.
Etymologies
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cub + -less
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Examples
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I am told that lions never send their cubs away to be educated by a cubless lioness and an emasculated lion.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Elbert Hubbard 1885
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The University of Alberta study found that, if the ice breakup happens one month earlier than it did back then, the number of cubless females could rise as high as 73 per cent.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed TIM COOK 2011
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Chia Chia and Ching Ching were dearly loved by visitors, but they didn't love each other - so remained cubless to the end.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph View 2011
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