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Definition of Peglike
1. resembling a peg [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peglike
Literary usage of Peglike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"In Figure 175, b, which represents a section made transversely to the long axis
of this part it appears peglike ; but in Figure 175,0, which represents a ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1903)
""The teeth, which are irregular and peglike in form, are loosely set with wide
spaces between them in the rubber- like gum. ..."
3. The Order Microsauria by Robert Lynn Carroll, Pamela Gaskill (1978)
"... and a moderate number of peglike teeth. The atlas vertebrae are very similar.
The significance of these features is difficult to evaluate on the basis ..."
4. Amphoras and the Ancient Wine Tradeby Homer A. Thompson, Virginia R. Grace by Homer A. Thompson, Virginia R. Grace (1979)
"... years still earlier) where the curve is softer. Still earlier Rhodian handles
have no angle but a rounded arch. The peglike toe and simple rim of the ..."
5. Evolution of the Plio-Pleistocene African Suidae by James Michael Harris, Timothy D. White (1979)
"... from small circular roots, spaced equidistantly between midline and canine.
Met. andrewsi (III) : Three pairs of simple peglike incisors aligned as in ..."
6. The Peak of the Load: The Waiting Months on the Hilltop from the Entrance of by Mildred Aldrich (1918)
"But it was so fascinating on its stiff, wooden, peglike legs, and it side-stepped
so gracefully when I was catching it, and danced on its hind feet, ..."
7. The Diagnostics of Internal Medicine: A Clinical Treatise Upon the by Glentworth Reeve Butler (1909)
"If the permanent upper central incisors are somewhat rounded and peglike, tapering
from gum to edge, with a single shallow and discoloured notch in the edge ..."
8. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
"The first upper premolar is very small and peglike; the second, larger and slightly
more advanced but widely different from the third premolar, ..."
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