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tubelike

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[toob-lahyk] / ˈtubˌlaɪk /

adjective

  1. resembling a tube in shape; cylindrical and hollow.


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Scientists have struggled to identify the creatures that left behind the world’s oldest skeletal remains—500-million-year-old tubelike structures.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 29, 2023

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

Tracheids are hollow tubelike cells with thick cell walls strengthened by lignin.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018

Then, with a tubelike lower lip, they suck up the sap.

From Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies by Jeannette Augustus Marks

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