netlike

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Among the man-made materials are the black wires that Kirsty Little twists into dynamic forms and tips with colored wax, and the extruded plastic filament that Liz Lescault weaves into netlike hangings.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022

The whips beat in sync to pull water across the cell’s netlike collar to capture microscopic particles, even floating DNA, for food.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 3, 2021

Other neurologists vigorously disagreed, defending the accepted wisdom that the brain was one continuous netlike structure.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2015

It's a creatively decorated space: translucent netlike fixtures hang in midair, like hovering walls.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2012

The netlike weave of ancestry is particularly well exemplified in some of these families because of much close intermarriage.

From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.