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tonguelike

tonguelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a tongue.

Adjective

tonguelike (comparative more tonguelike, superlative most tonguelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tongue.

Forms of tonguelike

comparativemore tonguelike
superlativemost tonguelike

Origin of tonguelike

From tongue + -like.

Questions about tonguelike

What does tonguelike mean?
Tonguelike means resembling or characteristic of a tongue.
What part of speech is tonguelike?
Tonguelike is an adjective.

Words near tonguelike in the dictionary

  1. tongueless frogs
  2. tonguelessly
  3. tonguelessness
  4. tonguelet
  5. tonguelets
  6. tonguelike
  7. tonguely
  8. tonguepad
  9. tonguepads
  10. tonguer
  11. tonguers

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