"snakelike" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more snakelike [comparative], most snakelike [superlative]
Etymology: snake + -like Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|snake|like}} snake + -like Head templates: {{en-adj}} snakelike (comparative more snakelike, superlative most snakelike)
  1. Resembling a snake; long, thin and flexible, or waving about in a snake-like manner; snaky. Translations (resembling a snake): hadovitý (Czech), slangeagtig (Danish), slangachtig (Dutch), schlangenartig (German), зми́јолик (zmíjolik) (Macedonian), зми́јулест (zmíjulest) (Macedonian), зми́ест (zmíest) (Macedonian), wężowaty (Polish), serpentiforme (Portuguese), змееви́дный (zmejevídnyj) (Russian), змееподо́бный (zmejepodóbnyj) (Russian), змієподі́бний (zmijepodíbnyj) (Ukrainian), змія́стий (zmijástyj) (Ukrainian), зміюва́тий (zmijuvátyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-snakelike-en-adj-zKhNIew7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -like Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -like: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'resembling a snake': 80 20
  2. Characteristic of a snake.
    Sense id: en-snakelike-en-adj-ithsJk5L
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: anguine, anguinous, colubrine, elapine, ophidian, serpentine, serpentiginous

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