linklike
linklike adjective: resembling a series of links, as in a chain; catenulate.
Adjective
linklike (comparative more linklike, superlative most linklike)
- Resembling a series of links, as in a chain; catenulate.
- The thallus may be one (Plate I, A–C, F) or few-celled, often linklike (Plate I, D, I) and monophagous, or may be segmented and hyphalike (Plate I, E, L) and extend through many host cells.1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York...
- Maybe men sensed this linklike closeness, mother linked to daughter, daughter linked to mother, daughter, mother, daughter, mother, daughter stretching back through time, forward through time, linked on a single pulsing cord from one end of eternity to the other.1970, Jacqueline Briskin, California Generation, Philadelphia, P.A.; New York, N.Y.: J. B. Lippincott Company, page 112
Forms of linklike
| comparative | more linklike |
|---|---|
| superlative | most linklike |
Origin of linklike
From link + -like.
Questions about linklike
- What does linklike mean?
- Linklike means resembling a series of links, as in a chain; catenulate.
- What part of speech is linklike?
- Linklike is an adjective.
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