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Definition of Ratlike
1. Adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a rat.
Definition of Ratlike
1. Adjective. Similar to a rat ¹
2. Adjective. Similar to that of a rat; as, a ratlike face, ratlike cunning ¹
3. Adverb. In a ratlike way ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ratlike
1. resembling a rat [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratlike
Literary usage of Ratlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1863)
"... clapping, crowing, Clucking and gobbling, Mopping and mowing, Full of airs
and graces, Pulling wry faces, Demure grimaces, Catlike and ratlike, ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Keys to the Species and by Frank Michler Chapman (1895)
"Soon after sunset he mounts high in the air to course for insects. ratlike he
flies erratically about, and at more or less regular ..."
3. 'Hail and Farewell!' by George Moore (1912)
"He was a black, ratlike horse, with four white legs. And what I remember best is
how I made my way to the railings, and gradually slipped down them till I ..."
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