Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a stalk.

Etymologies

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stalk +‎ -like

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Examples

  • It was so cold that when Nelly looked down at the ant army, even the insects seemed to be shivering on their stalklike legs.

    Among the Ghosts Amber Benson 2010

  • It was so cold that when Nelly looked down at the ant army, even the insects seemed to be shivering on their stalklike legs.

    Among the Ghosts Amber Benson 2010

  • It was so cold that when Nelly looked down at the ant army, even the insects seemed to be shivering on their stalklike legs.

    Among the Ghosts Amber Benson 2010

  • It was a homely little dog, with eyes and ears way too big for its heart-shaped face, stalklike legs, and a long, bedraggled tail.

    Whispers At Midnight Karen Robards 2003

  • It was a homely little dog, with eyes and ears way too big for its heart-shaped face, stalklike legs, and a long, bedraggled tail.

    Whispers At Midnight Karen Robards 2003

  • It was a homely little dog, with eyes and ears way too big for its heart-shaped face, stalklike legs, and a long, bedraggled tail.

    Whispers At Midnight Karen Robards 2003

  • It was a homely little dog, with eyes and ears way too big for its heart-shaped face, stalklike legs, and a long, bedraggled tail.

    Whispers At Midnight Karen Robards 2003

  • Her husband did not venture forth from his interior world, his head trembling on its stalklike neck.

    CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PATRICIA CORNWELL 1993

  • Her husband did not venture forth from his interior world, his head trembling on its stalklike neck.

    CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PATRICIA CORNWELL 1993

  • Her husband did not venture forth from his interior world, his head trembling on its stalklike neck.

    CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PATRICIA CORNWELL 1993

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