armlike

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Looks like an arm in shape or movement

adjective
/ˈɑrmˌlaɪk/

: similar a un brazo

The octopus extended its armlike tentacle to grab the shell.

Examples

The armlike appendage reached out from the robot.
Some seaweeds have armlike fronds that wave gently with the tide.
He admired the sculpture's armlike branches reaching toward the sky.
That branch is very armlike.
The artist created a sculpture with armlike extensions that reached out into the space around it.
In her latest invention, she designed a robot with armlike appendages to assist with delicate tasks.
The branches of the tree had armlike shapes, sweeping gracefully towards the ground.

Surface Forms

armlike positive

Morphology

armlike = arm (transparent) = arm + like

Clear adjectival formation from the noun 'arm' plus the productive suffix '-like' meaning 'resembling'; the sense is directly derivable by an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Armlike is made from arm and -like, where arm is the body part and -like means 'similar to'. So something armlike looks or moves 'like an arm', for example branches or tentacles that reach or hold.