doglike
advEtymology From dog + -like.
1
In a doglike way.
2
Rare As one would act toward a dog
- She treated me doglike.
- Related terms
- canine
doglike
adjEtymology From dog + -like.
1
Similar to that of a dog; canine.
- doglike nose
- doglike devotion
1 more example
- Weighing about 60 pounds and bearing powerful jaws, the thylacine had a doglike skull, was about the height and shape of a Doberman, and had tigerlike stripes on its back that may have helped conceal it in the bush from its prey.2011 January 8, Sean B. Carroll, “Call of the Thylacine: Protect the Wild”, in The New York Times:
2
Rare Befitting a dog.
- doglike treatment
- Derived terms
- undoglike