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mangelike

mangelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of mange.

Adjective

mangelike (comparative more mangelike, superlative most mangelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of mange.
    • Others, such as members of the family Epidermoptidae, burrow in the skin and may cause a mangelike condition.1990, Georgi, Jay R., 1928-, Parasitology for veterinarians, page 66
    • Mites and ticks also infest the woodchuck. So far as I know the ticks are not injurious or annoying, but the mites may be responsible for a mangelike condition that occurs on the chuck.1966, w.j. schoonmaker, The world of the woodchuck, page 36

Forms of mangelike

comparativemore mangelike
superlativemost mangelike

Origin of mangelike

From mange + -like.

Questions about mangelike

What does mangelike mean?
Mangelike means resembling or characteristic of mange.
What part of speech is mangelike?
Mangelike is an adjective.

Words near mangelike in the dictionary

  1. mangel
  2. mangel beet
  3. mangel beets
  4. mangel-wurzel
  5. mangel-wurzels
  6. mangelike
  7. mangelin
  8. mangelins
  9. mangels
  10. mangelwurzel
  11. mangelwurzels

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