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Definition of Liplike
1. Adjective. Having lips or parts that resemble lips.
Definition of Liplike
1. Adjective. Resembling a lip or some aspect of one. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Liplike
1. resembling a lip [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Liplike
Literary usage of Liplike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1879)
"This vacuole of the liplike prominence is subservient to the reception of food ;
thus, the Bacteria and Micrococci, which constitute the chief food of the ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"... (mv) without palpi, and a soft liplike labium (//.). In addition there are
well-developed labrum-epipharynx (l.cp.) and hypopharynx (hyp.). ..."
3. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1912)
"In the female imago t the mouth parts consist of a short liplike labium composed
of a short basal sclerite and three terminal lobes, being the two large ..."
4. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Mary Harrod Northend (1912)
"It is made of iron, showing a liplike pitcher, while at the back is a curved handle.
It is arranged to be filled with oil, and the wick is the twisted rag, ..."
5. The Nervous System and Its Constituent Neurones: Designed for the Use of by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1901)
"The medullary tube at the stage represented in the foregoing figure on further
development shows in the human embryo a liplike lateral projection resulting ..."
6. A Laboratory Manual for Elementary Zoölogy by Libbie Henrietta Hyman (1919)
"Are parapodia present? a) Head: The first segment is composed, as in Nereis, of
a prostomium, the liplike process dorsal to the mouth opening, ..."
7. Essentials of Biology Presented in Problems: By George William Hunter by George William Hunter (1911)
"... in the current of water to the mouth of the animal, this water current being
maintained in part by the action of cilia on the palps or liplike flaps (p. ..."
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