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petlike

petlike adjective: resembling a housepet.

Adjective

petlike (comparative more petlike, superlative most petlike)

  1. Resembling a housepet
    • Despite their petlike appearance, miniature horses do more than just look cute.1988 August 20, Darlene Sordillo, “Mini Horses are Small Wonders”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013

Forms of petlike

comparativemore petlike
superlativemost petlike

Origin of petlike

From pet + -like.

Questions about petlike

What does petlike mean?
Petlike means resembling a housepet.
What part of speech is petlike?
Petlike is an adjective.

Words near petlike in the dictionary

  1. Petkovich
  2. Petkovs
  3. petless
  4. petlessness
  5. Petley
  6. petlike
  7. petling
  8. petlings
  9. Petliurist
  10. Petliurists
  11. Petliurite

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