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scimitarlike

scimitarlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a scimitar.

Adjective

scimitarlike (comparative more scimitarlike, superlative most scimitarlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a scimitar.
    • "Now he saw that they were ugly, curved, scimitarlike blades on the ends of four-foot-long handles."1968, Bryce Walton, Harpoon Gunner, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY (1968), page 59

Forms of scimitarlike

comparativemore scimitarlike
superlativemost scimitarlike

Origin of scimitarlike

From scimitar + -like.

Questions about scimitarlike

What does scimitarlike mean?
Scimitarlike means resembling or characteristic of a scimitar.
What part of speech is scimitarlike?
Scimitarlike is an adjective.

Words near scimitarlike in the dictionary

  1. scimitar-winged piha
  2. scimitarbill
  3. scimitarbills
  4. scimitared
  5. scimitaring
  6. scimitarlike
  7. scimitars
  8. scimiter
  9. scimiters
  10. scimmies
  11. scimmy

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