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syringelike

syringelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a syringe.

Adjective

syringelike (comparative more syringelike, superlative most syringelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a syringe.
    • In addition, some artists actually sometimes seal sacred liquid within the hollow, syringelike handle of the fan.1983, Robert Farris Thompson, Flash of the spirit: African and Afro-American art and philosophy
    • Pipefishes are slender and elongate, with a syringelike mouth and body encased in dermal plates arranged in series of rings.1998, John D McEachran, Janice D Fechhelm, Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes

Forms of syringelike

comparativemore syringelike
superlativemost syringelike

Origin of syringelike

From syringe + -like.

Questions about syringelike

What does syringelike mean?
Syringelike means resembling or characteristic of a syringe.
What part of speech is syringelike?
Syringelike is an adjective.

Words near syringelike in the dictionary

  1. syringeal
  2. syringed
  3. syringeful
  4. syringefuls
  5. syringeless
  6. syringelike
  7. syringes
  8. syringesful
  9. syringetin
  10. syringetins
  11. syringic

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