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- adjective Alternative spelling of
animal-like .
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Examples
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As she lumbered clumsily toward Kethry, the sorceress got a whiff of an unpleasant reek-half unwashed clothing and stale sweat, half an animallike musk.
Oathblood Lackey, Mercedes 1998
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Kirk wondered at the strange calls, neither fully birdlike nor animallike, that echoed in the rugged canyon.
Sanctuary John Vornholt 1992
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Kirk wondered at the strange calls, neither fully birdlike nor animallike, that echoed in the rugged canyon.
Sanctuary John Vornholt 1992
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Kirk wondered at the strange calls, neither fully birdlike nor animallike, that echoed in the rugged canyon.
Sanctuary John Vornholt 1992
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Jurt cried out-no recognizable words, just an animallike bleat.
Sign of Chaos Zelazny, Roger 1987
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The acid made a sickening, sizzling sound, and he sank to his knees, his shrieks fading to frantic, animallike whimpers.
MEMORY’S EMBRACE Linda Lael Miller 1986
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The acid made a sickening, sizzling sound, and he sank to his knees, his shrieks fading to frantic, animallike whimpers.
MEMORY’S EMBRACE Linda Lael Miller 1986
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But Iza's actions were not animallike, they were very human, very humane.
The Clan of the Cave Bear Auel, Jean M. 1980
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So it's a reflex of this body, with its animallike madnesses.
The Battle of Forever Van Vogt, A. E. 1971
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Ordinarily, Travis Fox was not one to be governed by the wishes of a _mba'a_, intelligent and un-animallike as it might be.
The Defiant Agents Andre Norton 1958
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