doglike

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1. Similar to that of a dog; canine.

   doglike nose

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   doglike devotion

   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. rareBefitting a dog.

   doglike treatment

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1. In a doglike way.
2. rareAs one would act toward a dog

   She treated me doglike.