snake
noun
any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
snakelike
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a word derived from
snake.
Example Sentences
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Soon Marshall’s tailrace was universally acknowledged to be the doorway to the Mother Lode, “a snakelike vein of quartz-encapsulated gold that extended for more than 150 miles along the western edge” of the Sierra Nevada.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
This multipronged approach revealed that while other reptiles have evolved many snakelike traits -- 25 different groups of lizards also lost their limbs, for instance -- only snakes experienced this level of explosive diversification.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2024
Small fish float belly-up alongside snakelike tubes of irrigation piping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2023
Four simply depict it — Nellie Mae Rowe, Mrs. Nellie May Rowe — in extravagant, curling and in one instance, snakelike cursive.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
He pointed to a tall plant with snakelike branches.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
