snakelike
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Etymology edit
Adjective edit
snakelike (comparative more snakelike, superlative most snakelike)
- Resembling a snake; long, thin and flexible, or waving about in a snake-like manner; snaky.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- I could, however, clearly distinguish that the swathed mummy-like form before me was that of a tall and lovely woman, instinct with beauty in every part, and also with a certain snake-like grace which I had never seen anything to equal before.
- Characteristic of a snake.
- a snakelike forked tongue
Translations edit
resembling a snake
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