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wormlike

wormlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a worm.

Adjective

wormlike (comparative more wormlike, superlative most wormlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a worm.
    • The plastic fishing lure was remarkably wormlike.
    • He has a wormlike view of the universe.
  2. Having a smoothly curved form when heated.

Forms of wormlike

comparativemore wormlike
superlativemost wormlike
alternative formworm-like

Origin of wormlike

From worm + -like.

Words formed from wormlike

Questions about wormlike

What does wormlike mean?
Wormlike means resembling or characteristic of a worm.
What part of speech is wormlike?
Wormlike is an adjective.

Words near wormlike in the dictionary

  1. wormlessness
  2. wormlet
  3. wormlets
  4. Wormley
  5. Wormleys
  6. wormlike
  7. wormlike chain
  8. wormling
  9. wormlings
  10. wormlion
  11. wormlions

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