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  • adjective Resembling a dune or some aspect of one.

Etymologies

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dune +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Workers sampled river water Monday, with results expected back today, but didn't sample the dunelike drifts of muddy ash.

    Environmental Disaster in Tennessee Reported 40x Exxon Valdez Spill 2008

  • In places of exceptional water clarity, like the Caribbean, the dunelike humps and valleys of the seafloor were clearly visible, their white sand diluting the ocean blue to yield a striking turquoise.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

  • In places of exceptional water clarity, like the Caribbean, the dunelike humps and valleys of the seafloor were clearly visible, their white sand diluting the ocean blue to yield a striking turquoise.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

  • In places of exceptional water clarity, like the Caribbean, the dunelike humps and valleys of the seafloor were clearly visible, their white sand diluting the ocean blue to yield a striking turquoise.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

  • The lower south side, of the outcrop was covered in powdery sand, almost dunelike.

    Soarer's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • In places of exceptional water clarity, like the Caribbean, the dunelike humps and valleys of the seafloor were clearly visible, their white sand diluting the ocean blue to yield a striking turquoise.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

  • A soft wind moved between the dunelike hills, stirring the rough grass.

    Dancer Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1986

  • Here was a dunelike slope, only bigger and blacker, and with the added thrill of a potential eruption.

    NYT > Travel 2009

  • Here was a dunelike slope, only bigger and blacker, and with the added thrill of a potential eruption.

    NYT > Travel 2009

  • Here was a dunelike slope, only bigger and blacker, and with the added thrill of a potential eruption.

    NYT > Travel 2009

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