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Definition of Jawlike
1. resembling the jaw (the framework of the mouth) [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jawlike
Literary usage of Jawlike
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)
"... but throughout the order the mandibles persist in plainly jawlike character,
and are always recognizable landmarks in mouth-part dissections. ..."
2. Mere Literature, and Other Essays by Woodrow Wilson (1896)
"... in the common phrase, go deeply into it; but he kept it steadily under the
contract of a strong, capable, jawlike understanding, — pressing its surface, ..."
3. Behavior of the Lower Organisms by Herbert Spencer Jennings (1906)
"Most prominent of these are the spines, which are movable, and may be used as
legs, or as means of defence. Among the spines are certain peculiar jawlike ..."
4. Literary Values and Other Papers by John Burroughs (1904)
"... but he kept it steadily under the contact of a strong, capable, jawlike
understanding, pressing its surface, effacing its intricacies, grinding it down. ..."
5. Labrador, the Country and the People by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1909)
"... it will lie partly concealed until its unsuspecting victim comes within reach
of its extensible lower lip, which is armed with a pair of jawlike hooks. ..."
6. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1912)
"... and heavy mandibles, short, jawlike maxilla with distinct one-segmented palpus,
and a small, ..."
7. The Technical World Magazine (1910)
"First of all a giant grab, a jawlike contrivance with a double row of formidable
teeth, descended to the bottom of the sea with open mouth. ..."
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