Definition of Bladelike

1. Adjective. Shaped like a sword blade. "The iris has an ensiform leaf"

Exact synonyms: Ensiform, Sword-shaped, Swordlike
Similar to: Simple, Unsubdivided

Definition of Bladelike

1. Adjective. Resembling a blade ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bladelike

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bladelike

blade connector
blade implantation
blade roast
blade server
blade servers
bladebone
bladebones
bladed
bladed stance
bladed stances
bladefish
bladeless
bladelet
bladelets
bladelike (current term)
bladepoint
bladepoints
blader
bladers
blades
bladesmith
bladesmithing
bladesmiths
bladevent
blading
bladings
blads
blady

Literary usage of Bladelike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"... bladelike saws (sec Fig. 24, md.) used to lacerate the bodies (as I have observed) of the tiny midges caught as prey by the bloodthirsty females. ..."

2. The Big Game Fishes of the United States: A Collection of Critical Essays by Charles Burton Martin, Viktor Aleksandrovich Maksunov, Charles Frederick Holder, Amiya Chandra Chakravarty, David Malet Armstrong (1903)
"... a companion to others of large size and bladelike shape which make up its armament. The first dorsal fin stands up alone like a leg-of- mutton sail, ..."

3. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1865)
"In flattened, bladelike, rarely thick prisms, blades often aggregated into masses. Color, sky-blue to white, usually deeper blue along the middle. ..."

4. Morphology of Spermatophytes by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1901)
"sometimes they are covered by an outgrowth from the under surface of the bladelike expansion (Cu- pressus, Thuja, Juniperus, etc. ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"... bladelike saws (sec Fig. 24, md.) used to lacerate the bodies (as I have observed) of the tiny midges caught as prey by the bloodthirsty females. ..."

6. The Big Game Fishes of the United States: A Collection of Critical Essays by Charles Burton Martin, Viktor Aleksandrovich Maksunov, Charles Frederick Holder, Amiya Chandra Chakravarty, David Malet Armstrong (1903)
"... a companion to others of large size and bladelike shape which make up its armament. The first dorsal fin stands up alone like a leg-of- mutton sail, ..."

7. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1865)
"In flattened, bladelike, rarely thick prisms, blades often aggregated into masses. Color, sky-blue to white, usually deeper blue along the middle. ..."

8. Morphology of Spermatophytes by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1901)
"sometimes they are covered by an outgrowth from the under surface of the bladelike expansion (Cu- pressus, Thuja, Juniperus, etc. ..."

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