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From keel + -less.
keelless (not comparable)
- (Of a water craft) having no keel.
1914, Sven Anders Hedin, From Pole to Pole[1]:Every vessel had several keelless whale-boats, pointed at both bow and stern, so that they could be rowed forwards or backwards.
- (Of a bird) having no keel on the sternum; acarinate.