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snakelike

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English

Etymology

From snake + -like.

Adjective

snakelike (comparative more snakelike, superlative most snakelike)

  1. Resembling a snake; long, thin and flexible, or waving about in a snake-like manner; snaky.
  2. Characteristic of or resembling a snake.
    a snakelike forked tongue
    • 2020 November 10, Veronique Greenwood, “How Some Skinks Lost Their Legs and Then Evolved New Ones”, in The New York Times:
      Skinks are lizards, but some species have lost their limbs over eons of evolution, giving them a snakelike look.

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