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clavate
[ kley-veyt ]
adjective
- club-shaped; claviform.
clavate
/ -vɪt; ˈkleɪveɪt; ˈklævɪfɔːm /
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
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.
From Project Gutenberg
Neurocirri slender, subcylindric, somewhat conical distally or sometimes a little clavate, surpassing end of parapodium.
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Abdomen: Badly curled up; scuta entirely covered with short almost clavate hairs.
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Legs: First two with trochantins, claws simple, legs covered with almost clavate hairs.
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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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