ratlike
Americanadjective
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And certainly Marvel’s vocal characterization of the deteriorating Mary — lilting then wheedling then ratlike then hollow — is one you will not soon get out of your head.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
Early mammal relatives, including the beaverlike tritylodontids and ratlike morganucodontids, were also potential prey for Dilophosaurus.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 15, 2020
And bringing up the rear: a narrow, ratlike tail.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2020
In February, the Australian government declared a ratlike creature known as the Bramble Cay melomys to be extinct.
From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2019
Arm felt a kind of energy flow from him to the ratlike bartender.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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