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pikelike

pikelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a pike (fish).

Adjective

pikelike (comparative more pikelike, superlative most pikelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a pike (fish).
  2. Having the shape of a pike (weapon).
    • Before long, however, these pike-like devices were mostly superseded by spring-operated guns of various types. Most of them shot spinning disks, crosses, or small boomerangs of thin steel.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 43

Forms of pikelike

comparativemore pikelike
superlativemost pikelike

Origin of pikelike

From pike + -like.

Questions about pikelike

What does pikelike mean?
Pikelike means resembling or characteristic of a pike (fish).
What part of speech is pikelike?
Pikelike is an adjective.

Words near pikelike in the dictionary

  1. pikeguards
  2. pikehead
  3. pikeheads
  4. pikelet
  5. pikelets
  6. pikelike
  7. pikelin
  8. pikelins
  9. pikeman
  10. pikemen
  11. pikeminnow

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