Resembling a cable in appearance, thickness, texture, or structure; thick and cord-like.
From cable combined with -like (from Old English gelic, meaning alike). Used to describe objects with cable-like properties or appearance.
Marine biologists describe certain sea creatures, like hagfish slime or octopus arms, as 'cablelike' because their strength-to-weight ratio matches industrial cables—nature engineered it better.
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