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oxygenless, a.|ˈɒksɪdʒənlɛs|
[f. oxygen + -less.]
Not containing oxygen.
1935E. R. Burroughs Pirates of Venus 46 Even though she [sc. the planet Venus] be oxygenless. 1963I. Fleming On H.M. Secret Service ix. 98 James Bond followed her, holding his breath against the searing impact of the Arctic, oxygenless air. 1972Sci. Amer. Apr. 58/2 We still have the ‘fossils’ of this life-style in the universal process of anaerobic (oxygenless) fermentation. |