Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
mane .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He was manlike, but had many attributes of a huge and powerful cat-a golden pelt, manelike hair, the teeth of a carnivoreand the more Ancar examined him, the more certain he became that those "attributes" had been created.
Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010
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He was manlike, but had many attributes of a huge and powerful cat-a golden pelt, manelike hair, the teeth of a carnivoreand the more Ancar examined him, the more certain he became that those "attributes" had been created.
Winds Of Fury Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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The gold clip which had held her ears pinned back to the long manelike growth of hair clattered across the room, landing against the bulkhead.
Killing Time Della Van Hise 1990
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Unser aller Mutter Erde (Earth: Mother of Us All), 1900, a pregnant woman stalks across a bleak landscape, hands raised and manelike hair flowing, as a trail of decapitated heads extends behind her.
artforum.com 2009
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Chameleon originated as Greek chamaí ` on the ground 'plus léoacute; n,' ` lion, 'from the shape of the animal's manelike head.
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Bekka’s hair, which had grown miraculously silky and manelike between seventh and eighth grade, was her pride and joy.
Loser/Queen Jodi Lynn Anderson 2010
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