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flaplike

flaplike adjective: similar to a flap.

Adjective

flaplike (comparative more flaplike, superlative most flaplike)

  1. Similar to a flap
    • An additional large triangular flaplike appendage at the rear of the head is thickened along its margin.2009 February 6, Gabriele Kuhl et al., “A Great-Appendage Arthropod with a Radial Mouth from the Lower Devonian Hunsruck Slate, Germany”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 771–773

Forms of flaplike

comparativemore flaplike
superlativemost flaplike

Origin of flaplike

From flap + -like.

Questions about flaplike

What does flaplike mean?
Flaplike means similar to a flap.
What part of speech is flaplike?
Flaplike is an adjective.

Words near flaplike in the dictionary

  1. flapgates
  2. flapjack
  3. flapjacks
  4. flapjacky
  5. flapless
  6. flaplike
  7. flapling
  8. flaplings
  9. flappable
  10. flapped
  11. flapped off

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