Resembling or shaped like a finger; having the characteristics of a finger such as being long, narrow, and protruding.
English 'finger' plus the suffix '-like' (Old English 'lic', meaning similar or resembling). Used since the 1700s in descriptive scientific writing.
Fingerlike projections appear across nature—from bear claws to tree roots to flowering stamens—showing how evolution keeps reinventing this efficient shape for grabbing, sensing, and extending outward.
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