Definition of "vein-like" []

• Resembling a vein.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Standing in an eel fisherman's river weir in the cool September dark, watching the vein-like ropes of fish fill his womb of wood and stone, I've come to believe the Maori yarns about encounters they've had with the water guardians."
• "It was large, slightly flexible, jet black and bulged with human vein-like texture"
• "This spot beats and moves as though it were alive; and from it, as it grows, two vein-like vessels with blood in them lead on a twisted course to each of the two surrounding membranes."