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hooklike

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Adj.1.hooklike - having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold); "hooklike thorns";
hooked
curved, curving - having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"
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This native of the Pacific Northwest is equipped with a mouth that works like a suction-cup, as well as hooklike teeth.
Explain this! by Science World
Female Podapolipoides have 2-3 tarsus I setae while only large hooklike tarsus I seta s is present in Locustacarus and Podapolipus (Figure 3).
World distribution of Locustacarus trachealis (Acari: Podapolipidae), ... by Husband, Robert W.; Husband, Patricia S. / Michigan Academician
As it does so, sensory cells at its hooklike end pick up the motion.
Fruit flies hear by spinning their noses by Milius, S. / Science News
 
 
 
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