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Also include the lyrical "Hunter, Come Home" by Richard McKenna (who went on to fame as the author of "The Sand Pebbles"), which describes fluttering, leaflike "phytos" and other weird creatures.

10 Possible Sources of "Avatar" in Classic Science Fiction 2010

Russian Mammoth: The petals are withering, but the leaflike bracts are still green and the seed has yet to ripen.

Groundwork: The deliciously seedy sunflower 2010

The cerebellum consists of a large mass of closely packed folia, which are bundles of nerve cells described in the literature as leaflike.

La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth 2010

Infected with the yellows organism, these flowers turn into distorted, green leaflike structures.

E-China-See-Ya~A Public Service Announcement « Fairegarden 2009

Later, in her audience chamber, "the walls were hung with tapestries in lush twining, leaflike patterns of blue and gold," again giving the impression of her being tangled, trapped.

Thematic Worldbuilding in The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover Victoria Janssen 2009

Its lining is made up of millions of leaflike structures called villi, which in turn are covered with millions of microvilli.

Gut Reactions 2008

The lichen shown above are two different forms, folicose form, which produce leaflike folds above the limb and fruiticose lichens, which produce highly branched structures with hair or fingerlike projections.

Leaf Man Trough And Fungi « Fairegarden 2008

He climbed a supporting strut and pulled himself onto one of the odd, leaflike terraces that ringed the tower.

The Flood Dietz, William 2003

It had a flat nose and leaflike ears, and its mouth disclosed delicate, needle-sharp teeth.

House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer 2002

It had a flat nose and leaflike ears, and its mouth disclosed delicate, needle-sharp teeth.

House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer 2002