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Etymology

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From chessboard +‎ -like.

Adjective

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chessboardlike (comparative more chessboardlike, superlative most chessboardlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a chessboard.
    • 1993, Paul Patrick Gordon Bateson, Peter H Klopfer, Nicholas S Thompson, Behavior and evolution:
      A large chessboardlike aquarium was made, which contained 25 separate compartments 15 × 15 × 15 cm in size.