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- adjective Alternative spelling of
sabrelike .
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Examples
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All sorts of live and recently live fish were moved across the sidewalk: snapper and halibut and mackerel, sea bass and ling cod and yellowtail, clawless Pacific lobster, Dungeness crab, ghastly monkfish, with their long saberlike teeth and a single spine that jutted from their head, bracing a luminous lure they used to draw in prey, so deep in the ocean that the sun never shone.
A Dirty Job HTML Moore, Christopher 2006
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Plummeting through a gap in the canopy, it struck Damas in the middle of his back with a mauve, saberlike bill that was nearly two meters long.
Mid Flinx Foster, Alan Dean 1995
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Plum'meting through a gap in the canopy, it struck Damas in the middle of his back witha mauve, saberlike bill that was nearly two meters long.
Mid Flinx Foster, Alan Dean 1995
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Vast fields of grain formed curved mosaics, vivid patterns of color in the late morning sunlight cresting saberlike peaks to the east.
The Covenant of the Forge Parkinson, Dan 1993
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Vast fields of grain formed curved mosaics, vivid patterns of color in the late morning sunlight cresting saberlike peaks to the east.
The Covenant of the Forge Parkinson, Dan 1993
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One, the saber-tooth tigers (Fig. 351), which takes its name from their long, saberlike, sharp-edged upper canine teeth, evolved a succession of genera and species, among them some of the most destructive beasts of prey which ever scourged the earth.
The Elements of Geology William Harmon Norton 1900
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The flashlight on West’s fireman’s helmet carved a saberlike beam through the darkness of the tunnel.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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The flashlight on West’s fireman’s helmet carved a saberlike beam through the darkness of the tunnel.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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The flashlight on West’s fireman’s helmet carved a saberlike beam through the darkness of the tunnel.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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