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spatulalike

spatulalike adjective: resembling a spatula.

Adjective

spatulalike (comparative more spatulalike, superlative most spatulalike)

  1. Resembling a spatula.
    • It is a way of describing it: "horse-ear" refers to the elongated, spatulalike shape of the sepals.1986, Leon McKusick, What to Do About AIDS, page 97
    Synonyms:
    spatuloid

Synonyms of spatulalike

Forms of spatulalike

comparativemore spatulalike
superlativemost spatulalike

Origin of spatulalike

From spatula + -like.

Questions about spatulalike

What does spatulalike mean?
Spatulalike means resembling a spatula.
What part of speech is spatulalike?
Spatulalike is an adjective.

Words near spatulalike in the dictionary

  1. spattling
  2. spatula
  3. spatulae
  4. spatulaed
  5. spatulaing
  6. spatulalike
  7. spatulamancy
  8. spatular
  9. spatulas
  10. spatulasnout catshark
  11. spatulasnout catsharks

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