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Definition of Purselike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purselike
Literary usage of Purselike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Newfoundland in 1842: A Sequel to "The Canadas in 1841" by Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1842)
"... it was a pinkish bladder, of the size and form of a large egg, with a purselike
apparent mouth or aperture near the summit, and nearly transparent, ..."
2. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1819)
"Labellum or Nectary clawed, limb two lobed : lobes divaricate, twisted ; under
the claw of the nectary is a small purselike ..."
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