claviform

[klav-uh-fawrm]

adjective

club-shaped; clavate.

Origin of claviform

1810–20; < Late Latin clāv(a) club + -i- + -form

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Examples from the Web for claviform

Historical Examples of claviform

Polymorpha: the claviform and serricorn Coleoptera, as a whole.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
John. B. Smith
The claviform stigma usually somewhat club-shaped and situated immediately below the orbicular; and 3.
New Zealand Moths and Butterflies
G. V. Hudson
Extinct; phragmacone with widely separated septa; rostrum well developed and claviform.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6
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British Dictionary definitions for claviform

claviform

adjective

another word for clavate

Word Origin for claviform

C19: from Latin clāva club

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