linklike

adjective1

1. •
   Resembling a series of links, as in a chain; catenulate.

   • The thallus may be one (Plate I, A–C, F) or few-celled, often linklike (Plate I, D, I) and monophagous, or may be segmented and hyphalike (Plate I, E, L) and extend through many host cells. — 1965