Definitions

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  • adjective (Bot.) Resembling a fan

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  • adjective Resembling a fan (hand-held cooling device).

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  • adjective resembling a fan

Etymologies

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fan +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Leaf monkeys watch the whole scene from the massive, fanlike roofs.

    Buddha’s Savage Peace 2009

  • Leaf monkeys watch the whole scene from the massive, fanlike roofs.

    Buddha’s Savage Peace 2009

  • Leaf monkeys watch the whole scene from the massive, fanlike roofs.

    Buddha’s Savage Peace 2009

  • In Germany, Halsted had seen Volkmann remove not just the breast, but a thin, fanlike muscle spread out immediately under the breast called the pectoralis minor, in the hopes of cleaning out the minor fragments of leftover cancer.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • In Germany, Halsted had seen Volkmann remove not just the breast, but a thin, fanlike muscle spread out immediately under the breast called the pectoralis minor, in the hopes of cleaning out the minor fragments of leftover cancer.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • "Renewable energy doesn't mean people have to be uncomfortable," Huang said in an interview at his Dezhou corporate headquarters, the Sun-Moon Mansion, a fanlike structure studded with photovoltaic cells and sun-collecting vacuum tubes.

    With Solar Valley project, China embarks on bold green technology mission 2010

  • "Renewable energy doesn't mean people have to be uncomfortable," Huang said in an interview at his Dezhou corporate headquarters, the Sun-Moon Mansion, a fanlike structure studded with photovoltaic cells and sun-collecting vacuum tubes.

    With Solar Valley project, China embarks on bold green technology mission 2010

  • In Germany, Halsted had seen Volkmann remove not just the breast, but a thin, fanlike muscle spread out immediately under the breast called the pectoralis minor, in the hopes of cleaning out the minor fragments of leftover cancer.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • "Renewable energy doesn't mean people have to be uncomfortable," Huang said in an interview at his Dezhou corporate headquarters, the Sun-Moon Mansion, a fanlike structure studded with photovoltaic cells and sun-collecting vacuum tubes.

    With Solar Valley project, China embarks on bold green technology mission 2010

  • As she got out and was starting to dry herself, the image of a fanlike lawn sprinkler sweeping back and forth caught her.

    NEVER WAVE GOODBYE DOUG MAGEE 2010

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