Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
dagger or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He flipped over my hand and sunk his daggerlike teeth into the back of my wrist.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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He flipped over my hand and sunk his daggerlike teeth into the back of my wrist.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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He flipped over my hand and sunk his daggerlike teeth into the back of my wrist.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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She could see straight through, to his hollow jaw and the two rows of red daggerlike teeth within.
Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010
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She could see straight through, to his hollow jaw and the two rows of red daggerlike teeth within.
Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010
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She could see straight through, to his hollow jaw and the two rows of red daggerlike teeth within.
Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010
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Sometimes, a graceful gray heron would stand on its thin legs in the shallow marshes not far away and occasionally spear a fish or a frog with its daggerlike bill.
Men Don't Leave Me 2010
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Unlike tapeworms, the hookworm has a mouth—a powerful one ringed with daggerlike teeth and attached to a powerful, muscle-lined esophagus.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Unlike tapeworms, the hookworm has a mouth—a powerful one ringed with daggerlike teeth and attached to a powerful, muscle-lined esophagus.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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He opened his eyes and immediately wished he hadnt, as now the black void into which he was falling was framed alarmingly closely on all sides by the jagged rock walls of the cave, their daggerlike shapes illuminated by the eerie green glow of the helmets night vision.
The Overload Protocol Mark Walden 2009
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