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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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
The byway’s 27 miles of snakelike curves follow the river, surrounded by gently sloping, tuft-covered hills that climb to stunning basalt columns.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
His next work, “BOB,” was not merely unpredictable in this way but arguably sentient: a quasi-intelligent computer program that assumed physical form as an enormous, red, ever-changing, snakelike creature behind a wall of glass.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2021
Jacquel tied off the intestines, glistening and snakelike in her belly, below the stomach and deep in the pelvis.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
