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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

Joe Spain pointed to the huge, tubelike Building A, off across the desert; the building you had to have two different passes and a written permit to enter.

From The Stowaway by Alvin Heiner

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