nematodelike etymology

English word nematodelike comes from English -like, English nematode (A small invertebrate animal of the phylum Nematoda.)

Detailed word origin of nematodelike

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-like English (eng) Having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns).
nematode English (eng) A small invertebrate animal of the phylum Nematoda.
nematodelike English (eng) Resembling or characteristic of nematodes.

Words with the same origin as nematodelike

Descendants of -like
apelike birdlike businesslike buslike catlike childlike dreamlike earthlike etherlike gentlemanlike godlike hooplike ladylike lifelike oxlike pastelike pestlike pithlike reedlike sportsmanlike suchlike sushilike textlike vanadiumlike warlike
Descendants of nematode
nemat-