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shrimplike

shrimplike adjective: resembling a shrimp.

Adjective

shrimplike (comparative more shrimplike, superlative most shrimplike)

  1. Resembling a shrimp.
    • Marine scientists will plumb the Arctic Ocean and productive waters around Antarctica to see how shifts in sea ice and ocean currents affect species from clouds of shrimplike krill to whales, penguins and polar bears.2007 February 26, Andrew C. Revkin, “2-Year Study of Polar Changes Set to Begin”, in New York Times

Forms of shrimplike

comparativemore shrimplike
superlativemost shrimplike

Origin of shrimplike

From shrimp + -like.

Questions about shrimplike

What does shrimplike mean?
Shrimplike means resembling a shrimp.
What part of speech is shrimplike?
Shrimplike is an adjective.

Words near shrimplike in the dictionary

  1. shrimpish
  2. shrimple
  3. shrimpless
  4. shrimplet
  5. shrimplets
  6. shrimplike
  7. shrimpling
  8. shrimplings
  9. shrimpoluminescence
  10. shrimps
  11. shrimps up

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