Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a canoe.

Etymologies

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canoe +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Like Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock and the rest of the team of the USS Enterprise stepping out of their invisibility-cloaked spaceship, the foreigners seemed to the natives as though they stepped out into their smaller canoelike landing craft literally out of thin air.

    The Answer John Assaraf 2008

  • Like Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock and the rest of the team of the USS Enterprise stepping out of their invisibility-cloaked spaceship, the foreigners seemed to the natives as though they stepped out into their smaller canoelike landing craft literally out of thin air.

    The Answer John Assaraf 2008

  • Pulled up on the bank were two dark, canoelike shapes.

    The Village Bing West 2000

  • Pulled up on the bank were two dark, canoelike shapes.

    The Village Bing West 2000

  • Pulled up on the bank were two dark, canoelike shapes.

    The Village Bing West 2000

  • Pulled up on the bank were two dark, canoelike shapes.

    The Village Bing West 2000

  • He led the way along a tropical path to the shore without speaking at all, and once there, motioned her toward a sleek, canoelike craft resting upon the white sand.

    Pirates Linda Miller 1995

  • Many of them arrive in the canoelike hollow of an upturned terra-cotta roof tile.

    Philly.com - Latest Videos 2010

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