tubelike
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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When an adult wasp locates ash borer eggs or larvae, it uses a tubelike organ called an ovipositor to deposit its babies.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2022
When the landmark structure finally reopens, travelers can use it to get to the JetBlue terminal via the old tubelike walkways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2018
Nephridia are tubelike excretory structures that filter body fluid.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
Problems with the trachea, however, lend themselves to 3-D printed solutions because the organ's ridged tubelike structure is simple.
From Scientific American ● May 24, 2013
I descended the stairs, and found myself in a sort of cellar with two tubelike arrangements, down one of which a young man was shooting.
From The Great Secret by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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