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Too bad the valley did not match the view-bare trees on either side of the road stretched riblike limbs toward them; a clammy, spectral mist rose from stagnant pools of water as they passed through the Beguilers 'swamp.

The Robin And The Kestrel Lackey, Mercedes 1993

A pair of riblike bones, each fastened to portions of fin with strings cut from his former cape, made passable paddles with which to propel the once-living raft.

Conan the Indomitable Perry, Steve 1989

It was a different shade of white, however, and the riblike projections which emerged from the pile were not ice crystals.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987

The Terran stared down upon a segmented under belly where legs were paired in riblike formation.

Storm Over Warlock Andre Norton 1958

To better pin down the structure of the feather, they analyzed its barbules - tiny, riblike appendages that overlap and interlock like zippers to give a feather rigidity and strength.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com David Freeman 2012

It's that riblike metal commission with the flushed eyes that looks same a politico from

Planet Malaysia 2009

The protective layer is located at a very particular place on the muscle cell membrane, where costameres, riblike structures, hold the bundled muscle cells together.

Emaxhealth 2009