stringy

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"They are currently called 'the stringy things' and 'the drummy things'," laughs Franglen.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

In this case: a stringy slot corner who never had been credited for a sack in his college career.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

If your cooked lobster is too stringy or tough, that means it’s been overcooked.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2024

Fiber is cellulose, the stringy stuff that plants are made of.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024

It held a number of small plants, all of them the same kind, with stringy roots and dark, veined green leaves that looked like mint.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien