Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a toe.

Etymologies

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toe +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Cæsar led him and Curio off to inspect the fencing-school; then showed them his favourite horse, pointed out its peculiar toelike hoofs, and related merrily how when it was a young colt, a soothsayer had predicted that its owner would be master of the world, and how he -- Cæsar, -- had broken its fiery spirit, and made it perfectly docile, although no other man could ride the beast.

    A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. William Stearns Davis 1903

  • In the gallop that fifth toelike digit partway up the front leg of most dogs—the dew claw—is used for stability and leverage; at a gallop’s end you might find the usually clean dew claw with a dollop of mud under it.

    INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

  • In the gallop that fifth toelike digit partway up the front leg of most dogs—the dew claw—is used for stability and leverage; at a gallop’s end you might find the usually clean dew claw with a dollop of mud under it.

    INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

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