snakelike

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This multipronged approach revealed that while other reptiles have evolved many snakelike traits -- 25 different groups of lizards also lost their limbs, for instance -- only snakes experienced this level of explosive diversification.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2024

Duodenoscopes are long, snakelike cameras inserted into the upper part of the small intestine through the mouth to diagnose and treat diseases of the pancreas and the bile duct.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2023

Human infants do pay special attention to images of snakes and snakelike movements, though without necessarily being scared.

From Scientific American • Sep. 18, 2022

Linear webs hang loosely on the wall, like residue from an autopsy surgeon’s scalpel, while snakelike shapes seem to be in the process of shedding their skin — ecdysis, as internal development outgrows its container.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2022

Its arms and legs were thin and feeble, and its face — no child alive ever had a face like that — flat and snakelike, with gleaming red eyes.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling