Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
sucker (sucking organ or body part).
Etymologies
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Examples
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His quarry is often carp, a hardy relative of the goldfish with a suckerlike mouth and a coat of viscous slime.
On Fly Casting's Urban Frontier, the Fish Are Big, the Water's Dirty 2009
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All around it were a couple dozen suckerlike orifices—the source of the tongue-legs.
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All around it were a couple dozen suckerlike orifices—the source of the tongue-legs.
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All around it were a couple dozen suckerlike orifices—the source of the tongue-legs.
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Their large, suckerlike mouths were ringed with sharp teeth, and when one latched on to a leg or arm, its head had to be cut off and the teeth pried open with a knife.
Genesis Force John Vornholt 2003
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A dark maroon residue clung to the outer edges of the round suckerlike oral cavity.
Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003
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A dark maroon residue clung to the outer edges of the round suckerlike oral cavity.
Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003
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One end of it has a fringed suckerlike mouth and the other a finny fringe, and that is about all the difference.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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Upright, suckerlike branches appear on primary and secondary branches and on the main stem of the affected tree.
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Mouth directed anteroventrally; thin fleshy lips greatly expanded and forming large suckerlike disc; width of mouth greater than width of snout and nearly as wide as body.
manybooks.net 2010
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