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Definition of Knoblike
1. knob [adj] - See also: knob
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knoblike
Literary usage of Knoblike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Order Microsauria by Robert Lynn Carroll, Pamela Gaskill (1978)
"... form knoblike condyles, not connected by any more medial area of articulation.
The basioccipital is unossified in some genera, but where it is present ..."
2. The Microscopist: A Compendium of Microscopic Science Including the Use of by Joseph Henry Wythe (1883)
"... attached to external jointed filaments, free or collected in knoblike masses.
... in knoblike receptacles composed of whorled filaments ..."
3. Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott (1900)
"105 cypress. A delicate black lawn. 111 boards. Covers. 112 bosses. knoblike
adornments. 228 Matilda. See note, ch. xxiii., 1. 289. 251 mans worn. Perjured. ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"At about this time small knoblike outgrowths, the tentacles, began to appear at
one end, the other end fixed itself to the nearest ..."
5. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"... (/) only a few had formed short pollen tubes, which were covered with short
knoblike excrescences and did not seem to be healthy. May 15, 1913. ..."
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