a. [f. THROAT sb. + -LESS.] Without a throat; having no throat.

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1881.  G. Allen, Evolutionist at Large, v. 49. A wasp whose head has been severed from its body and stuck upon a pin, will still greedily suck up honey with its throatless mouth.

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1887.  Longm. Mag., Sept., 539. Vast, featureless head, set throatless on a formless bust.

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