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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
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
One of nature's cleverer feats of engineering, burrs' tough, hooklike fibers securely lock onto anything that brushes against the seed heads.
Botanical 'velcro' entraps hummingbirds by Raloff, Janet / Science News
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