Buglike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a bug (insect).

    "But the birds and the buglike things the birds ate weren’t the only things out there."

Synonyms

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insectlikeinsectoid

Example

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"But the birds and the buglike things the birds ate weren’t the only things out there."

Etymology

From bug + -like.

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