Definitions

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  • adjective Like a dragon.

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  • adjective Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.

Etymologies

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dragon +‎ -like

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Examples

  • As late as the early seventeenth century, the uncharted regions in various maps of the world would include drawings of dragonlike creatures – representations of the unknown, yet a concept based in reality.

    The Nervous Breakdown 2010

  • Puzzled, I flipped the coin, a ponderous old piece of currency from Tarsis, marked with some forgotten human on one side and a dragonlike giant bird on the other.

    Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010

  • One of its dragonlike heads spit again, and Jonah moved too late.

    My Soul to Keep Sharie Kohler 2010

  • The figures are carved in low relief, curlings and weavings and interlacing, dragonlike designs.

    Experience, Figuration, the Avant-Garde, My Grouse : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

  • There were also a number of silkscreen prints on the walls, showing what must have been scenes from Shadowhunter mythology, but with an Eastern feel to them—warlords wielding glowing seraph blades were prominently featured, alongside colorful dragonlike creatures and slithering, pop-eyed demons.

    City of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009

  • There were also a number of silkscreen prints on the walls, showing what must have been scenes from Shadowhunter mythology, but with an Eastern feel to them—warlords wielding glowing seraph blades were prominently featured, alongside colorful dragonlike creatures and slithering, pop-eyed demons.

    Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

  • Kylac and Allion went of to kill a dragon who was creating the dragonlike creatures that made up the Demon Queen's army.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Jeff C 2008

  • After all, Elsie had been the dragonlike receptionist at my mother's production company, ViMar Productions, for twenty-eight long and stressful years, and here she was, still breathing, if not exactly breathing fire anymore.

    Sundays at Tiffany's Charbonnet, Gabrielle 2008

  • Dyed neck bones adorned with tiny plastic eyes are transformed into quirky dragonlike creatures.

    When the Turkey's Gone, Some People 2008

  • Kylac and Allion went of to kill a dragon who was creating the dragonlike creatures that made up the Demon Queen's army.

    Finished It After All: The Crimson Sword Jeff C 2008

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