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stiltlike

stiltlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a stilt.

Adjective

stiltlike (comparative more stiltlike, superlative most stiltlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a stilt.
    • In flight, their long necks and stiltlike legs are stretched out in line with the body to their full extent, moving strongly, with slowly beating wings, but not swiftly[…]1926, Arthur Cleveland Bent, Life Histories of North American Marsh Birds, page 226

Forms of stiltlike

comparativemore stiltlike
superlativemost stiltlike

Origin of stiltlike

From stilt + -like.

Questions about stiltlike

What does stiltlike mean?
Stiltlike means resembling or characteristic of a stilt.
What part of speech is stiltlike?
Stiltlike is an adjective.

Words near stiltlike in the dictionary

  1. stiltifying
  2. stiltiness
  3. stilting
  4. stiltings
  5. stiltish
  6. stiltlike
  7. Stiltner
  8. Stiltners
  9. stilton
  10. stiltons
  11. stilts

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