Definition of "trunklike" [trunklike]

• Resembling a trunk or proboscis (adjective)

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• "Cf. “bollard,” which is the short, trunklike device mounted on piers to which ships tie their mooring lines."
• "He rocks back and forth on his thick, trunklike legs."
• "Their headless beetle bodies were belly-down on the floor, each set of eight massive, trunklike legs arrayed at the ready."