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

“And it’s hard to think of an actor with a naturally hungrier look than Ron Cephas Jones, the tall, beanpole-thin, snakelike actor who portrays the title character.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2023

Small fish float belly-up alongside snakelike tubes of irrigation piping.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2023

It is accompanied by changes to the jet stream, which develops a wavy, snakelike pattern as it circles the globe.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2022

She rolled her hands over the dough, working it out toward both its ends, until eventually it was long and snakelike.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack