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

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

It had two legs near the front of its long, snakelike body, and it used them to propel itself around the barn in pursuit of the feline house spirit.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack