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keelless, a.|ˈkiːllɪs|
[f. keel n.1 + -less.]
1. Of a boat: Having no keel.
1879Daily News 7 Apr. 3/3 The worst crew that either University has sent to Putney since the days when keelless boats first came into use, just 22 years ago. 1896Westm. Gaz. 20 June 5/2, I was out since six o'clock in my shallow keelless boat.
2. Zool. Having no keel along the breast-bone.
1884G. Allen in Longm. Mag. Jan. 293 Keelless and often almost wingless birds. 1886Century Mag. XXXI. 358 This great order of the Ratitæ, or keelless birds. 1895Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 762 All had keelless sterna. |