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SNAKELIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snakelike mean?
• SNAKELIKE (adjective)
The adjective SNAKELIKE has 1 sense:
1. resembling a serpent in form
Familiarity information: SNAKELIKE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling a serpent in form
Synonyms:
serpentine; snakelike; snaky
Context example:
snaky ridges in the sand
Similar:
curved; curving (having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend)
Context examples
She approached more cautiously, and the cub had full opportunity to observe her lean, snakelike body, and her head, erect, eager, and snake-like itself.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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