gooseberrylike en · ADJ
Etymology
From gooseberry + -like.
Meanings
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Resembling or characteristic of a gooseberry.
There are gooseberrylike comb jellies, armed with grasping tentacles, and there are the shrimplike euphausiids that strain food from the water with their bristly appendages.
2003, Rachel Carson, The sea around us:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more gooseberrylike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most gooseberrylike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |