peg
noun
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
peglike
-
a word derived from
peg.
Example Sentences
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There are two, much worn, peglike fragments of the tooth projecting slightly from an ovoid alveolar cavity 5.1 mm. long and 4.3 mm. wide.
From A New Subspecies of Wood Rat (Neotoma mexicana) from Colorado by Robert B. Finley
There are three peglike projections, irregularly spaced, to keep binding from slipping.
From Mohave Pottery by Michaell J. Harner
Serrations of beaks blunt and peglike, moderately developed on both beaks, but slightly stronger on lower one.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by William E. Duellman
Three miles farther on a poor woman tottered past us on her peglike feet leaning on the arm of a man.
From Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China by Roy Chapman Andrews
