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riblike

riblike adjective: resembling, or functioning like, a rib.

Adjective

riblike (not comparable)

  1. Resembling, or functioning like, a rib.

Origin of riblike

From rib + -like.

Questions about riblike

What does riblike mean?
Riblike means resembling, or functioning like, a rib.
What part of speech is riblike?
Riblike is an adjective.

Words near riblike in the dictionary

  1. Ribița
  2. ribless
  3. riblessness
  4. riblet
  5. riblets
  6. riblike
  7. Ribnik
  8. ribo-
  9. riboadenine
  10. ribobase
  11. ribobases

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