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gopherlike

gopherlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a gopher; in the manner of a gopher.

Adjective

gopherlike (comparative more gopherlike, superlative most gopherlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a gopher; in the manner of a gopher.
    • I was sharing with Mike and despite ours being slightly larger than some of the other cabins, the only way I could stand up was to leave the entrance hatch open, so that my head poked out, gopher-like, onto the deck.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 204

Forms of gopherlike

comparativemore gopherlike
superlativemost gopherlike

Origin of gopherlike

From gopher + -like.

Questions about gopherlike

What does gopherlike mean?
Gopherlike means resembling or characteristic of a gopher; in the manner of a gopher.
What part of speech is gopherlike?
Gopherlike is an adjective.

Words near gopherlike in the dictionary

  1. Gopher State
  2. Gopher Stater
  3. gopher tortoise
  4. gopher tortoises
  5. gopher wood
  6. gopherlike
  7. gophers
  8. gopherspace
  9. gopherwood
  10. gopi
  11. gopik

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