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flipperlike

flipperlike adjective: resembling a flipper (appendage in marine mammals).

Adjective

flipperlike (comparative more flipperlike, superlative most flipperlike)

  1. Resembling a flipper (appendage in marine mammals).

Forms of flipperlike

comparativemore flipperlike
superlativemost flipperlike

Origin of flipperlike

From flipper + -like.

Questions about flipperlike

What does flipperlike mean?
Flipperlike means resembling a flipper (appendage in marine mammals).
What part of speech is flipperlike?
Flipperlike is an adjective.

Words near flipperlike in the dictionary

  1. flipper baby
  2. flipperdinger
  3. flippered
  4. flippering
  5. flipperless
  6. flipperlike
  7. flipperling
  8. flipperlings
  9. flippers
  10. flipperty-flopperty
  11. flippery

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