featherlike
Example Sentences
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Fossils show that many dinosaurs and flying pterosaurs sported feather and featherlike body coverings.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 30, 2022
As the name suggests, featherwing beetles sport bristled, featherlike wings.
From Scientific American • Mar. 21, 2022
Her views were changed, she said, when she saw the systematic arrangement of the featherlike branches.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2018
That discovery prompted British and Chinese scientists to examine fossils of dinosaurs that are covered with featherlike structures.
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2010
She was making her final knots behind me when I felt a vague, featherlike touch on my shoulder, almost insensible through the nahlrout that numbed me.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
