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Definition of Mouthlike
1. Adjective. Of an opening that resembles a mouth.
Definition of Mouthlike
1. Adjective. Resembling a mouth or some aspect of one. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mouthlike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mouthlike
Literary usage of Mouthlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Japan, Real and Imaginary by Sydney Greenbie (1920)
"The white breakers gnaw the distant point of land; and the wind, like a giant
tongue, laps the mouthlike group of hills. It is the same tale the world over, ..."
2. Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by William Hazlitt (1818)
"... are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew; Crook-knee'd and dew-lap'd,
like Thessalian bulls, Slow in pursuit, but matched in mouthlike bells. ..."
3. The Elementary Principles of General Biology by James Francis Abbott (1914)
"In the sides of the tube are mouthlike apertures provided with valves, called ostia.
Through these the body fluids can enter when the tube expands, but, ..."
4. Europe: A Supplementary Geography by James Franklin Chamberlain, Arthur Henry Chamberlain (1912)
"A large, mouthlike bay, which seems ready to swallow little Denmark, partially
separates Norway and Sweden at the south. ..."
5. Japan, Real and Imaginary by Sydney Greenbie (1920)
"The white breakers gnaw the distant point of land; and the wind, like a giant
tongue, laps the mouthlike group of hills. It is the same tale the world over, ..."
6. Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by William Hazlitt (1818)
"... are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew; Crook-knee'd and dew-lap'd,
like Thessalian bulls, Slow in pursuit, but matched in mouthlike bells. ..."
7. The Elementary Principles of General Biology by James Francis Abbott (1914)
"In the sides of the tube are mouthlike apertures provided with valves, called ostia.
Through these the body fluids can enter when the tube expands, but, ..."
8. Europe: A Supplementary Geography by James Franklin Chamberlain, Arthur Henry Chamberlain (1912)
"A large, mouthlike bay, which seems ready to swallow little Denmark, partially
separates Norway and Sweden at the south. ..."
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