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sheathlike

sheathlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a sheath.

Adjective

sheathlike (comparative more sheathlike, superlative most sheathlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a sheath.

Forms of sheathlike

comparativemore sheathlike
superlativemost sheathlike

Origin of sheathlike

From sheath + -like.

Questions about sheathlike

What does sheathlike mean?
Sheathlike means resembling or characteristic of a sheath.
What part of speech is sheathlike?
Sheathlike is an adjective.

Words near sheathlike in the dictionary

  1. sheathfishes
  2. sheathing
  3. sheathing the sword
  4. sheathings
  5. sheathless
  6. sheathlike
  7. sheathotomies
  8. sheathotomy
  9. sheaths
  10. sheathtail
  11. sheathtail bat

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