1. resembling a finger in shape, form, or appearance; long, slender, and tapering

Examples

• The starfish has fingerlike projections extending from its central body.
• The plant's fingerlike leaves help it absorb more sunlight.
• Fingerlike tentacles waved in the ocean current.
• The glacier's fingerlike valleys carved deep into the mountainside.
• She noticed fingerlike cracks spreading across the old plaster wall.
• The tree's fingerlike branches reached toward the sky.