Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
scimitar .
Etymologies
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scimitar + -like
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Examples
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The long snout was full of scimitarlike teeth, and sulfurous eyes centered on tiny black pupils glared downward.
The Day of the Dissonance Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984
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The long snout was full of scimitarlike teeth, and sulfurous eyes centered on tiny black pupils glared downward.
The Day of the Dissonance Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984
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It had a very high bow, its prow was sharp and sloped forward in a scimitarlike curve; the ship was long and narrow of beam.
Pirates of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1962
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