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clavate

[ kley-veyt ]

adjective

  1. club-shaped; claviform.


clavate

/ ˈklævɪfɔːm; ˈkleɪveɪt; -vɪt /

adjective

  1. shaped like a club with the thicker end uppermost


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Derived Forms

  • ˈclavately, adverb

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Other Words From

  • clavate·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of clavate1

1655–65; < New Latin clāvātus, equivalent to Late Latin clāv ( a ) club + -ātus -ate 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of clavate1

C19: from Latin clāva club

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Example Sentences

Tentacular cirri similarly formed, as is also the first neurocirrus, the latter less clavate below the slender tip.

Neurocirri slender, subcylindric, somewhat conical distally or sometimes a little clavate, surpassing end of parapodium.

Abdomen: Badly curled up; scuta entirely covered with short almost clavate hairs.

Legs: First two with trochantins, claws simple, legs covered with almost clavate hairs.

Valve clavate at the ends; stri transverse, 17 in 10 , pseudoraphe very narrow or indistinct; an ovoid, hyaline area at each end.

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