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clavate
[ kley-veyt ]
adjective
- club-shaped; claviform.
clavate
/ ˈklævɪfɔːm; ˈkleɪveɪt; -vɪt /
adjective
- shaped like a club with the thicker end uppermost
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Derived Forms
- ˈclavately, adverb
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Other Words From
- clavate·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of clavate1
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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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