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Definition of Twiglike
1. Adjective. Thin as a twig.
Definition of Twiglike
1. Adjective. Resembling a twig or some aspect of one; thin and brittle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Twiglike
1. resembling a twig [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twiglike
Literary usage of Twiglike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Evolution and Animal Life: An Elementary Discussion of Facts, Processes by David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1907)
"... arc twiglike in appearance, and have the habit, when disturbed, of standing
out stiffly from the twig or branch upon which they rest, so as to resemble ..."
2. The Physiologia of Jean Fernel (1567) by Jean Fernel (2003)
"... an anvil [the incus].8 From each a twiglike process resembling a pen runs
inward, in which the orifice by which sounds are admitted runs into the brain. ..."
3. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1897)
"twiglike fucoids or sponges are numerous even at the base and make up more of
each successive stratum until at the top of the bed a solid mass of them ..."
4. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1897)
"twiglike fucoids or sponges are numerous even at the base and make up more of
each successive stratum until at the top of the bed a solid mass of them ..."
5. A Source Book of Biological Nature-study by Elliot Rowland Downing (1919)
"An Italian naturalist tied some green mantis, insects with twiglike legs and
leaflike wings, to green plants by means of tethers of fine silk, ..."
6. Social Antagonisms by Arland Deyett Weeks (1918)
"Naturalists admire the deception which renders a larva invisible through its
twiglike appearance, and the humming bird is in good repute notwithstanding the ..."
7. Elements of Zoology: To Accompany the Field and Laboratory Study of Animals by Charles Benedict Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty Davenport (1911)
"In our country occur only the twiglike, wingless forms known as walking-sticks (Fig.
13). These walking- sticks change color to correspond with the changes ..."
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