snakelike
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Soon Marshall’s tailrace was universally acknowledged to be the doorway to the Mother Lode, “a snakelike vein of quartz-encapsulated gold that extended for more than 150 miles along the western edge” of the Sierra Nevada.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
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
Small fish float belly-up alongside snakelike tubes of irrigation piping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2023
We’re all awestruck—watching the flames reach higher into the sky, creating snakelike trails.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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