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Definition of Plantlike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plantlike
Literary usage of Plantlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chatty Readings in Elementary Science (1901)
"If they come to any rock pools, they may hunt for some of those wonderful animals
which we know by the name of sea anemones. LESSON 28. plantlike ANIMALS. ..."
2. The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History by David M. Damkaer (2002)
"... that is, the plantlike Worms, identical to that named by Mr. C. Linnaeus" ...
of the genera which Mr. Linnaeus assigned to the Class of plantlike Worms. ..."
3. A Text-book in General Zoölogy by Glenn Washington Herrick (1907)
"It will be recalled that a generation of each of two dissimilar individuals —
the plantlike form and the medusa — was necessary to complete the full life ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"They are not plantlike in any of their characteristics except for the biochemistry
of their chloroplasts. The chloroplasts are relatively simple and similar ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Vot'icw/o are so plantlike in other features that they would also not be affected.
With the forgoing in view ..."
6. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"Formerly they were considered plants because of their irregular and plantlike
habits of growth. When their animal nature was finally established (about ..."
7. Chatty Readings in Elementary Science (1901)
"If they come to any rock pools, they may hunt for some of those wonderful animals
which we know by the name of sea anemones. LESSON 28. plantlike ANIMALS. ..."
8. The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History by David M. Damkaer (2002)
"... that is, the plantlike Worms, identical to that named by Mr. C. Linnaeus" ...
of the genera which Mr. Linnaeus assigned to the Class of plantlike Worms. ..."
9. A Text-book in General Zoölogy by Glenn Washington Herrick (1907)
"It will be recalled that a generation of each of two dissimilar individuals —
the plantlike form and the medusa — was necessary to complete the full life ..."
10. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"They are not plantlike in any of their characteristics except for the biochemistry
of their chloroplasts. The chloroplasts are relatively simple and similar ..."
11. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Vot'icw/o are so plantlike in other features that they would also not be affected.
With the forgoing in view ..."
12. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"Formerly they were considered plants because of their irregular and plantlike
habits of growth. When their animal nature was finally established (about ..."
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