Without a bite; lacking a sharp or effective bite; not having the ability or capacity to bite.
From 'bite' plus the suffix '-less' (from Old English -leas, without). Follows the standard English pattern of creating negatives with this suffix.
A 'biteless' snake or dog might seem less threatening, but evolution suggests that lacking a bite is genuinely disabling for predators—which is why animals rarely evolved away from biting.
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