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Meanings of hooklike in English

Having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold);

        Hooklike.

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                Usage of hooklike in English
                1
                See this hooklike projection at the back of the thrower?
                The Shelters of Stone
                2
                On the map, the Chester Pond camp road was a thin hooklike thread, almost not there.
                Under the dome: a novel
                3
                Then, with a swift encircling movement, that hooklike arm wrapped itself around Flint's neck and drew him into the shadow.
                The Master Mystery
                4
                On the other hand, the lower jaw of the Marsupial is characterised by a peculiar hooklike process, and this is commonly found in Mesozoic jaws.
                The Story of Evolution
                Hooklike through the time