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pricklelike

pricklelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a prickle.

Adjective

pricklelike (comparative more pricklelike, superlative most pricklelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a prickle.

Forms of pricklelike

comparativemore pricklelike
superlativemost pricklelike

Origin of pricklelike

From prickle + -like.

Questions about pricklelike

What does pricklelike mean?
Pricklelike means resembling or characteristic of a prickle.
What part of speech is pricklelike?
Pricklelike is an adjective.

Words near pricklelike in the dictionary

  1. pricklebacks
  2. prickled
  3. pricklefish
  4. pricklefishes
  5. prickleless
  6. pricklelike
  7. prickler
  8. pricklers
  9. prickles
  10. pricklesome
  11. prickless

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